1924, Henri Matisse, The Three O'Clock Sitting -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Beginning in December 1917, Matisse spent the winter months in the south of France. This painting set in his studio features several elements that reappear in many of his so-called Nice-period works: boldly patterned wallpaper, textiles of North African origin, depictions of the artist's own creations (in this case, a plaster of a reclining female figure atop the mirrored armoire), and an alluring view of the Mediterranean Sea. The woman seated before the easel was Matisse's favorite model at the time, Henriette Darricarrère. An accomplished musician and ballerina, she experienced stage fright so severe that by 1924 she had decided to forsake live performance for a career in the visual arts. Matisse began teaching her the year this canvas was painted.
1924, Henri Matisse, The Three O'Clock Sitting -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Beginning in December 1917, Matisse spent the winter months in the south of France. This painting set in his studio features several elements that reappear in many of his so-called Nice-period works: boldly patterned wallpaper, textiles of North African origin, depictions of the artist's own creations (in this case, a plaster of a reclining female figure atop the mirrored armoire), and an alluring view of the Mediterranean Sea. The woman seated before the easel was Matisse's favorite model at the time, Henriette Darricarrère. An accomplished musician and ballerina, she experienced stage fright so severe that by 1924 she had decided to forsake live performance for a career in the visual arts. Matisse began teaching her the year this canvas was painted.