Woman in a Purple Coat
1937 painting by Henri Matisse
31+7⁄8 in × 25+11⁄16 in)Woman In A Purple Coat or The Purple Coat is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1937. It depicts Matisse's assistant Lydia Delectorskaya. This painting is an example of Henri Matisse's mature decorative style. Matisse depicts his model and companion of many years, Lydia Delectorskaya, in an exotic Moroccan clothing, surrounded by a complex of abstract design and exotic color.[1] This is an example of one of the final groups of oil paintings in Matisse's career, in 1950 he stopped painting oil paintings in favor of creating paper cutouts.
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References
- ^ Mfah.org - Woman in a Purple Coat
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Henri Matisse
- Woman Reading (1894)
- Landscape, the Pink Wall (1898)
- Academy Study of a Man (1900-1901)
- A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon (1902)
- Luxury, Calm and Pleasure (1904)
- The Green Stripe (1905)
- The Open Window (1905)
- Woman with a Hat (1905)
- View of Collioure (1905)
- Landscape at Collioure (1905)
- Le bonheur de vivre (1906)
- The Young Sailor II (1906)
- Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906)
- Madras Rouge (1907)
- Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) (1907)
- The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) (1908)
- Game of Bowls (1908)
- Bathers with a Turtle (1908)
- Portrait of Greta Moll (1908)
- Dance (1910)
- Music (1910)
- Still Life with Geraniums (1910)
- The Red Studio (1911)
- The Conversation (1908–1912)
- Goldfish (1912)
- Zorah on the Terrace (1912)
- Window at Tangier (1912)
- Seated Riffian (1912)
- Arab Coffeehouse (1912–1913)
- View of Notre-Dame (1914)
- Woman on a High Stool (1914)
- The Yellow Curtain (1915)
- Bathers by a River (1917)
- The Painter and His Model (1917)
- The Music Lesson (1917)
- The Piano Lesson (1918)
- Odalisque with Raised Arms (1923)
- Yellow Odalisque (1926)
- The Dance II (1932)
- Purple Robe and Anemones (1937)
- Woman in a Purple Coat (1937)
- La Blouse Roumaine (1940)
- Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones (1944)
- Asia (1946)
- Young Woman in White on a Red Background (1946)
- The Knife Thrower (1947)
- Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge (1947)
- The Plum Blossoms (1948)
- Beasts of the Sea (1950)
- The Sorrows of the King (1952)
- Black Leaf on Green Background (1952)
- La Négresse (1952)
- The Snail (1953)
- The Boat (1953)
- The Back Series (1909–1930)
- Goldfish paintings and etchings (1912–1929)
- Blue Nudes (1952)
- Jazz (1947 book)
- Pierre Matisse (son)
- Paul Matisse (grandson)
- Sophie Matisse (great-granddaughter)
- Lydia Delectorskaya (model)
- Gustave Moreau (teacher)
- Fauvism
- An Essay on Matisse (1996 documentary)
- Matisse (crater)
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