1905, Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the museum label: Open Window, Collioure, is one of Matisse's greatest Fauve achievements. Painted from his studio overlooking the Port d'Avall cove, the canvas features a range of vibrant colors in an equally varied application of paint. From the thin, flat interior walls in cyclamen pink and turquoise green to the staccato-like strokes in the grillwork, geranium pots, and surrounding greenery to the harbor beyond where the boats bobbing along the shore are simply referenced in thick, blunt marks of orange and ultramarine, the picture dazzles the eye as if illuminated by a single field of light. Colors dance off each other in a complex choreography of tints.
1905, Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure -- National Gallery of Art (Washington)
From the museum label: Open Window, Collioure, is one of Matisse's greatest Fauve achievements. Painted from his studio overlooking the Port d'Avall cove, the canvas features a range of vibrant colors in an equally varied application of paint. From the thin, flat interior walls in cyclamen pink and turquoise green to the staccato-like strokes in the grillwork, geranium pots, and surrounding greenery to the harbor beyond where the boats bobbing along the shore are simply referenced in thick, blunt marks of orange and ultramarine, the picture dazzles the eye as if illuminated by a single field of light. Colors dance off each other in a complex choreography of tints.