Green Stripe

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Henri Matisse. Portrait of Madame Matisse. (The green line). 1905. 40.50 x 32.5 cm.  Oil and tempera on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst.
Henri Matisse. Portrait of Madame Matisse. (The green line). 1905. 40.50 x 32.5 cm. Oil and tempera on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst.

The Green Line (La Raie Verte) also known as The Green Stripe or Mme Matisse, is a portrait of Henri Matisse's wife, Amélie Matisse. He painted it in 1905, just prior to such work being labeled as that of Les Fauves (the wild beasts), along with the works of André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck.


The painting hangs in Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Denmark.