The Terrace, Saint-Tropez
painter
Henri Matisse
(Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869 - 1954, Nice)
Date1904
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions72 x 58 cm (28 3/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1s5
Status
Not on viewWeb Commentary
Matisse’s wife, dressed in a kimono, sits leaning against a boathouse, almost hidden in the scene. Forms and colors play against each other: the sea at the left, the shadow cast by the building, and the twisting branches above flatten the space.
This work was painted while the Matisses were staying with painter Paul Signac, in the south of France. Isabella Gardner did not buy much modern art. This painting and several drawings by Matisse were given to her by a circle of friends who evidently thought that Matisse’s interest in figures and identifiable places, as well as his sensuous colors, would appeal to Gardner.
Id724032
Last Updated10/25/24
EmbARK ObjectID10736
Source ID13
