Henri Matisse — Artist’s Painting Gallery from 1898 to 1952

The works of young French artists like Henri Matisse, André Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck were called "wild" (Fr. fauve) by critic Louis Vauxcelles, who went down in history as the creator of the term "Fauvism" to describe this art movement that celebrates color and decorative imagery. Fauvism existed as a group until 1908, astonished the public, and remained forever etched in collective memory.

In the mid-1900s, Matisse moved toward simplification. The principle "less is more" – not yet minimalism, but no longer impressionist or post-impressionist painting. A creative reevaluation for Matisse was his trip to North Africa in 1906 – Algeria, and a few years later, Morocco. Instead of monochromatic houses on Parisian streets – colorful carpets and painted walls of Moroccan cities, a polychrome mosaic. The dazzling sun created a light unlike that of Paris – colors appeared brighter, contrasts sharper. Inspired by the decorative interiors and costumes of North Africa, he returned to France as a new artist.

Later, inspired by Gauguin, Matisse visited Oceania and then the United States, but concluded that paradise on Earth can only be created by an artist on their canvases.

The construction of space as a combination of decorative planes is most evident in the series of "rooms" – interiors with figures that the artist painted over several decades. We begin this gallery with selected rooms and interiors by Henri Matisse – the master of reflection on form and color.

Henri Matisse - Open Window,Collioure

1905 canvas 55 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with a Girl Reading

1905 canvas 72 × 59 cm

Henri Matisse - Red fish and a Sculpture

1911 canvas 100 × 116 cm

Henri Matisse - The family of the Artist

1911 canvas 143 × 194 cm

Henri Matisse - Red Studio

1911 canvas 181 × 219 cm

Henri Matisse - The Pink Studio

1911 canvas 181 × 221 cm

Henri Matisse - Nasturtiums with the Painting Dance

1912 canvas 191 × 115 cm

Henri Matisse - Entrance to the Kasbah

1912 canvas 116 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Conversation

1912 canvas 177 × 217 cm

Henri Matisse - Nasturtiums with the Painting Dance

1912 canvas 192 × 115 cm

Henri Matisse - Corner of the artist studio

1912 canvas 191 × 114 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with a Bowl with Red Fish

1914 canvas 147 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - The Window

1916 canvas 146 × 119 cm

Henri Matisse - La lecion de piano

1916 canvas 245 × 213 cm

Henri Matisse - The Music Lesson

1917 canvas 244 × 200 cm

Henri Matisse - Violinist at the window

1918 canvas 149 × 98 cm

Henri Matisse - The Inattentive Reader

1918 canvas 73 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - The black table

1919 canvas 100 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Interieur a Nice Femme Assise

1919 canvas 46 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with a Violin Case

1919 canvas 73 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior at Nice

1919 canvas 132 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Femme A Lombrelle Verte

1919 canvas 40 × 33 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman on a sofa

1919 canvas 66 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Femme au Chapeau

1919 canvas 56 × 39 cm

Henri Matisse - Breakfast

1920 canvas 64 × 74 cm

Henri Matisse - Young Girl in a Green Dress

1921 canvas 65 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior at Nice

1921 canvas 66 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman before an Aquarium

1921 canvas 80 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Young Woman at the Window Sunset

1921 canvas 52 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman on sofa or couch

1922 canvas 92 ×73 cm

Henri Matisse - Young Woman playing Violin

1923 canvas 73 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - La Femme En Jaune

1923 canvas 65 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - The Three O Clock Sitting

1924 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - The Piano Lesson

1924 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - The Morning Session

1924 canvas 74 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Pianist and Checker Players

1924 canvas 74 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - Harmoniy in Yellow

1928 canvas 162 × 162 cm

Henri Matisse - The Yellow Dress

1931 canvas 99 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Reader on a Black Background

1939 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Two women

1939 canvas 73 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with sleeper

1940 canvas 82 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with Etruscan Vase

1940 canvas 73 × 108 cm

Henri Matisse - Dancer and Rocaille Armchair on a Black Background

1942 canvas 50 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - The lute

1943 canvas 59 × 79 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior in venetian red

1946 canvas 92 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - The Racaille Chair

1946 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - The silence that lives in houses

1947 canvas 61 × 51 cm

Henri Matisse - Red Interior Still Life on a Blue Table

1947 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Two Girls in a Yellow and Red Interior

1947 canvas 61 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - Large red interior

1948 canvas 146 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with black fern

1948 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior with Egyptian Curtain

1948 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Plum Blossoms Green Background

1948 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Triumphant is how we can describe Matisse's painting "Woman with a Green Hat" – the depiction of a woman whose face is divided by a green stripe. Matisse simplified the image to the maximum, allowing color to dominate. It’s worth noting that in Matisse’s portrait work, there’s a shift in palette: from Fauvism to a simplified range, and later to portraits surrounded by elegant decorative lines. Discover the gallery of portraits by Henri Matisse, created between 1905 and 1946.

Henri Matisse - Portrait of Madame Matisse. The Green Line

1905 canvas 40 × 32 cm

Henri Matisse - Le femme au chapeau

1905 canvas 81 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - The idol

1906 canvas 45 × 24 cm

Henri Matisse - The young sailor

1906 canvas 100 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Boy with a butterfly net

1907 canvas 180 × 120 cm

Henri Matisse - Marguerite

1907 canvas 65 × 45 cm

Henri Matisse - Amelie matisse

1907 canvas 99 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Greta moll

1908 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Algerian woman

1909 canvas 81 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman in green with a carnation

1909 canvas 65 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - Spanish woman with a tamborine

1909 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Girl with tulips

1910 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Seated Riffian

1913 canvas 200 × 160 cm

Henri Matisse - Portrait of Madame Matisse

1913 canvas 146 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Standing moroccan in green

1913 canvas 146 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Madame yvonne landsberg

1914 canvas 147 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Portrait de greta prozor

1916 canvas 146 × 96 cm

Henri Matisse - Lorette in a green robe

1916 canvas 73 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - The Italian woman

1916 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman in turban lorette

1916 canvas 22 × 16 cm

Henri Matisse - Laurette in green in a pink chair

1917 canvas 100 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Laurette with a white blouse

1917 canvas 54 × 44 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman at the fountain

1917 canvas 81 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman in turban lorette

1917 canvas 81 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Marguerite Wearing a Hat

1918 canvas 80 × 64 cm

Henri Matisse - The ostrich feather hat

1918 canvas 46 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - The white feather

1919 canvas 74 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - The woven Italian straw hat

1919 canvas 73 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Spanish woman harmony in blue

1919 canvas 47 × 35 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman with oriental dress

1919 canvas 40 × 32 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman sitting in a chair

1920 canvas 65 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Femme en bleu à table

1923 canvas 61 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - Figure at the Rideau Relevé

1924 canvas 66 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque with gray pants

1927 canvas 61 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - Ballet dancer seated on a stool

1927 canvas 55 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Ballerina

1927 canvas 108 × 72 cm

Henri Matisse - The blue eyes

1934 canvas 38 × 48 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman with blue bodice

1935 canvas 55 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman in a purple coat

1937 canvas 81 × 62 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman in blue robe and mimosas

1937 canvas 92 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Red dress

1938 canvas 38 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Girl in yellow and blue with guitar

1939 canvas 63 × 45 cm

Henri Matisse - Young Woman in a Blue Blouse (Portrait of L.N. Delektorskaya)

1939 canvas 35 × 27 cm

Henri Matisse - The Romanian green bluse

1939 canvas 61 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Dancer in repose

1942 canvas 46 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - Dancer and rocaille armchair on a black background

1942 canvas 50 × 64 cm

Henri Matisse - Dancer seated on a table

1942 canvas 33 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Danseuse dans un interieur

1942 canvas 50 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Yellow dress

1943 canvas 59 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - Asia

1946 canvas 116 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Young woman in white red background

1946 canvas 92 × 73 cm

In the landscapes of Henri Matisse, you can trace a timeline of his palette's evolution. The narrow palette of Corsican landscapes is replaced by the wild colors of Fauvism, and then returns to restraint in the second decade of the 20th century. Explore the gallery of selected landscapes by Henri Matisse, created between 1898 and 1952.

Henri Matisse - Landscape

1898 canvas 34 × 41 cm

Henri Matisse - Paysage de corse

1898 canvas 38 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Petit paysage corse

1898 canvas 16 × 22 cm

Henri Matisse - Pont saint Michel in Paris

1900 canvas 58 × 71 cm

Henri Matisse - The Luxembourg gardens

1901 canvas 59 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - The Path in the Bois de Boulogne

1902 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Notre dame sunrise

1902 canvas 72 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - Une Rue à Arcueil

1904 canvas 47 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Pastoral

1905 canvas 46 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Promenade des oliviers

1905 canvas 46 × 56 cm

Henri Matisse - Study for the joy of life

1905 canvas 25 × 32 cm

Henri Matisse - View of collioure

1905 canvas 59 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Paysage à Collioure

1906 canvas 30 × 39 cm

Henri Matisse - Olive trees at collioure

1906 canvas 44 × 52 cm

Henri Matisse - Paysage de collioure

1906 canvas 46 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - View of Collioure

1907 canvas 92 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - The Forest at Fontainebleau

1909 canvas 60 × 74 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape at collioure

1907 canvas 34 × 28 cm

Henri Matisse - Moraccan garden

1912 canvas 116 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape

1917 canvas 33 × 41 cm

Henri Matisse - Trivaux pond

1917 canvas 90 × 75 cm

Henri Matisse - Port de marseille

1917 canvas 27 × 35 cm

Henri Matisse - Champs De Blé À Cagnes

1918 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape with olive trees

1918 canvas 64 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Montalban, Landscape

1918 canvas 73 × 90 cm

Henri Matisse - In the Nice Countryside, Garden of Irises

1919 canvas 64 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape nice

1919 canvas 33 × 40 cm

Henri Matisse - The promenade

1919 canvas 33 × 40 cm

Henri Matisse - Aht Amont Cliffs at Etretat

1920 canvas 38 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Conversation under the olive trees

1921 canvas 100 × 82 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape of corsica

1898 canvas 28 × 35 cm

Henri Matisse - Avenue of olive trees

1952 canvas 80 × 64 cm

Women were the main source of inspiration for Henri Matisse and remained an integral part of his work until the end. The female figures in Matisse's work were numerous and varied, from head studies to depictions of women playing musical instruments. In his work, one often finds representations of feminine beauty with rounded, flowing contours. The artist showed particular affection for the female form, reflected in the large number of portraits and nudes. The women in Henri Matisse's paintings are depicted in vibrant color combinations. Explore the gallery of selected women painted by Henri Matisse between 1903 and 1942.

Henri Matisse - Nude with a White Towel

1903 canvas 81 × 59 cm

Henri Matisse - Seated Woman

1908 canvas 80 × 52 cm

Henri Matisse - Nude with a White Scarf

1909 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque in Red Culottes

1921 canvas 67 × 84 cm

Henri Matisse - The Maiden and The Vase of Flowers or Pink Nude

1921 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Nu sur fond rouge

1922 canvas 55 × 33 cm

Henri Matisse - Nu à la chaise longue

1923 canvas 38 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Nude with a Spanish Comb Seated by a Window

1923 canvas 92 × 64 cm

Henri Matisse - The Hindu Pose

1923 canvas 83 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque Stedelijk

1923 canvas 61 × 74 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised

1923 canvas 65 × 50 cm

Henri Matisse - Standing Odalisque Reflected in a Mirror

1923 canvas 81 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - Woman Seated on an Armchair

1923 canvas 45 × 30 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque with Magnolia

1924 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque

1925 canvas 47 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque Couchee aux Magnolias

1925 canvas 60 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque in Red Trousers

1925 canvas 50 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque with a Tambourine

1925 canvas 74 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque Harmony in Red

1926 canvas 38 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque with Green Scarf

1926 canvas 51 × 66 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque with Turkish Chair

1927 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Reclining Nude Back

1927 canvas 66 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - Deux Odalisque Devetue

1928 canvas 54 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Nude Near The Window Pearl Nude

1929 canvas 65 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - The Dream

1935 canvas 81 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Pink Nude

1935 canvas 66 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - Nu Assis Fond Bleu

1936 canvas 46 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - Nude with Heel on Her Knee

1936 canvas 38 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Nu aux Jambes Croisees

1936 canvas 38 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Small Rumanian Blouse with Foliage

1937 canvas 46 × 38 cm

Henri Matisse - Small Odalisque in a Purple Robe

1937 canvas 38 × 45 cm

Henri Matisse - Odalisque au Fauteuil Noir

1942 canvas 38 × 46 cm

The still lifes of Henri Matisse clearly tell the story of an experimental artist. Matisse’s style in this genre favors objects embedded in a decorative setting. Discover the gallery of selected still lifes by Henri Matisse, created between 1899 and 1948.

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Compote, Apples, and Oranges

1899 canvas 46 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Oranges

1899 canvas 47 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Crockery on a Table

1900 canvas 97 × 72 cm

Henri Matisse - Dishes and Fruit on a Red Carpet

1901 canvas 52 × 62 cm

Henri Matisse - Blue Still Life

1904 canvas 89 × 116 cm

Henri Matisse - Parrot tulips

1905 canvas 45 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Vegetables

1905 canvas 38 × 46 cm

Henri Matisse - Dishes and Fruit on a Red and Black Carpet

1906 canvas 61 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with a Red Rug

1906 canvas 89 × 116 cm

Henri Matisse - The Red Onions

1906 canvas 46 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Les Pivoines

1907 canvas 55 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Flowers

1907 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - Vase with Two Handles

1907 canvas 74 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Sculpture and Persian Vase

1908 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life

1909 canvas 46 × 55 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Dance

1909 canvas 89 × 117 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Purro

1909 canvas 27 × 35 cm

Henri Matisse - Fruits and Bronze

1910 canvas 90 × 118 cm

Henri Matisse - Pewter Jug and Pink Statuette

1910 canvas 90 × 117 cm

Henri Matisse - Geraniums

1910 canvas 180 × 220 cm

Henri Matisse - Red Fish

1911 canvas 140 × 95 cm

Henri Matisse - Seville Still Life

1911 canvas 90 × 117 cm

Henri Matisse - Spanish Still Life

1911 canvas 89 × 116 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Aubergines

1911 canvas 116 × 89 cm

Henri Matisse - The Blue Window

1911 canvas 130 × 91 cm

Henri Matisse - Vase of Irises

1912 canvas 117 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Basket with Oranges

1913 canvas 94 × 83 cm

Henri Matisse - Calla Lilies Irises and Mimosas

1913 canvas 145 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Flowers and Ceramic Plate

1913 canvas 93 × 82 cm

Henri Matisse - Flowers on The Windowsill

1913 canvas 146 × 97 cm

Henri Matisse - Landscape Viewed from a Window

1913 canvas 115 × 80 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Lemons

1914 canvas 70 × 54 cm

Henri Matisse - Sculpture and Vase of Ivy

1916 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Goldfish and Palette

1916 canvas 146 × 112 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life Fish and Lemon

1916 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Bouquet of Flowers

1917 canvas

Henri Matisse - Daisies

1919 canvas 100 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - The Plaster Torso

1919 canvas 113 × 87 cm

Henri Matisse - Pansies on a Table

1919 canvas 48 × 45 cm

Henri Matisse - Anemone and Mirror

1920 canvas 67 × 52 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Shellfish

1920 canvas 59 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Flowers in Front of a Window

1922 canvas 82 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Bouquet of Dahlias and Book

1923 canvas 50 × 61 cm

Henri Matisse - Pascals Pensees

1924 canvas 50 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Apples on a Pink Tablecloth

1924 canvas 60 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life

1928 canvas 81 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Nature Morte aux Trois Vases

1933 canvas 73 × 60 cm

Henri Matisse - Pineapple and Anemones

1940 canvas 73 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Pineapples

1940 canvas 65 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Pineapples

1940 canvas 81 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Ivy in Flower

1941 canvas 73 × 92 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with a Magnolia

1941 canvas 74 × 101 cm

Henri Matisse - Tulips and Oysters on a Black Background

1943 canvas 61 × 73 cm

Henri Matisse - Anémones et Grenades

1946 canvas 90 × 70 cm

Henri Matisse - The Pinapple

1948 canvas 116 × 89 cm

On November 1, 1954, the French artist Henri Matisse suffered a minor stroke. The next day, on his penultimate day of life, Lydia Delectorskaya came to see him wearing a high turban and, looking at the gaunt Henri, said with sadness and tenderness: "On another day, you would have said: give me a pencil and paper." Matisse smiled and said: "Give me a pencil and paper."

Assessing the work of Henri Matisse is no easy task, as nearly every one of his canvases is a masterpiece. Nevertheless, relying on our own judgments and criteria, a sense of taste, and the emotional power of the great master’s paintings, we have selected twelve works. One of the dynasty’s principles states:

A theme passed through the prism of emotion takes material form on the canvas, speaking to the viewer in a universal language of feeling.

Matisse created his own paradise. The language of his painting resembles a memory of a lost Eden that must, at all costs, be preserved on canvas — remembered, safeguarded, never forgotten, and lived through again and again.

The works we selected are those genius canvases of Matisse in which composition and color achieved their highest harmony. According to Gostev's appraisal, these works represent the artist’s forgotten, paradisiacal world:

Henri Matisse - Harmony in Red

1908 canvas 180 × 220 cm

Henri Matisse - Still life with aubergines

1911 canvas 212 × 246 cm

Henri Matisse - La Musique

1939 canvas 115 × 115 cm

Henri Matisse - The Daisies

1939 canvas 98 × 78 cm

Henri Matisse - Interior in yellow

1946 canvas 116 × 81 cm

Henri Matisse - Zorah on the terrace

1912 canvas 116 × 100 cm

Henri Matisse - Coffee

1916 canvas 100 × 65 cm

Henri Matisse - Luxe, calme et volupté

1905 canvas 32 × 40 cm

Henri Matisse - Decorative Figure on an Ornamental Background

1925 canvas 130 × 98 cm

Henri Matisse - Draped Nude

1936 canvas 45 × 37 cm

Henri Matisse - Still Life with Blue Tablecloth

1906 canvas 88 × 116 cm

Henri Matisse - Les Coucous, Tapis Bleu et Rose

1911 canvas 81 × 65 cm