Woman in a Purple Coat

Woman in a Purple Coat

Artist	Henri Matisse
Year	1937
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	81 cm × 65.2 cm (31 ⁷⁄₈ in × 25 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in)
Location	Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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 costume, 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.

References

↑ Mfah.org - Woman in a Purple Coat

Henri Matisse (List of works)

Works	Le Mur Rose (Landscape, the Pink Wall) (1898) Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon) (1902) Luxe, Calme et Volupté (Luxury, Calm and Pleasure) (1904) La Raie Verte (The Green Line) (1905) The Open Window (1905) Woman with a Hat (1905) Les toits de 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) Dance (1910) Music (1910) Still Life with Geraniums (1910) L'Atelier Rouge (1911) The Conversation (1908–1912) Zorah on the Terrace (1912) Window at Tangier (1912) Le Rifain assis (1912) View of Notre-Dame (1914) Woman on a High Stool (1914) Le rideau jaune (The Yellow Curtain) (1915) The Window (1916) The Painter and His Model (1917) Interior A Nice (1920) Odalisque with Raised Arms (1923) Yellow Odalisque (1926) The Back Series (1909-1930) The Dance II (mural) (1932) Robe violette et Anémones (1937) Woman in a Purple Coat (1937) La Blouse Roumaine (1940) Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones (1944) L'Asie (1946) Le Lanceur De Couteaux (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) Blue Nude II (1952) The Snail (1953) Le Bateau (1953) Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary) Jazz (book)

Shows	Salon d'Automne

Movement	Fauvism

Teachers	William-Adolphe Bouguereau Gustave Moreau John Peter Russell

Collectors	Sergei Shchukin Gertrude Stein Leo Stein Albert C. Barnes Cone sisters

Family and friends	Amélie Matisse Pierre Matisse Paul Matisse Marguerite Matisse Pablo Picasso

Related	An Essay on Matisse Matisse Museum (Le Cateau) Musée Matisse (Nice)

Wikimedia	Matisse at Wiktionary Matisse at Wikibooks Matisse at Wikiquote Matisse at Wikisource Matisse at Commons Matisse at Wikinews

Models	Greta Moll Henriette Darricarrère Lydia Delectorskaya

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