List of works by Henri Matisse

Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.

This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954). He is admired for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. He was a Master draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is regarded, with Pablo Picasso, as the greatest artist of the 20th century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[1]

His mastery of the expressive language of color and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

Paintings

Painting Name French name Year Technique Dimensions City Gallery Notes
Woman Reading 1894 Oil on canvas Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne
Gustave Moreau's Studio 1894-5 Oil on canvas 65 × 81 cm Private collection
The Maid 1896 Oil on canvas 90 × 74 cm Private collection
Dinner Table 1897 Oil on canvas Private collection
Blue Pot and Lemon c. 1897 Oil on canvas 39 × 46.5 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
Vase of Sunflowers 1898 Oil on canvas 46 × 38 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
Landscape, the Pink Wall Le Mur Rose 1898 Oil on canvas Private collection
Fruit and Coffee-Pot 1899 Oil on canvas 38.5 × 46.5 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
Study of a Nude 1899 Oil on canvas 65.5 × 60 cm Tokyo Bridgestone Museum of Art
Still Life with Oranges II 1899 Oil on canvas 46.7 × 55.2 cm Saint Louis, Missouri Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Crockery on a Table 1900 Oil on canvas 97 × 82 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
Male Nude 1900 Oil on canvas New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Self Portrait 1900 Oil on canvas 64 × 54 cm Private collection
Standing Model 1900-01 Oil on canvas 73 × 54 cm London Tate Gallery
Dishes and Fruit 1901 Oil on canvas 51 × 61.5 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
The Japanese 1901 Oil on canvas 116.8 × 80 cm Private collection
The Luxembourg Gardens 1901-02 Oil on canvas 59.5 × 81.5 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
Nude with a White Wash Towel 1902-03 Oil on canvas 81 × 59.5 cm New York City Gifford Phillips Collection
Studio under the Eaves 1903 Oil on canvas Cambridge, United Kingdom Fitzwilliam Museum
Saint-Michel Bridge Pont Saint-Michel 1904 Oil on canvas Scott M. Black Collection
Nude (Carmelita) Nu (Carmelita) 1904 Oil on canvas 81.3 x 59 cm Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Study for Luxury, Calm, and Desire 1904 Oil on canvas 32.2 × 40.5 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Luxury, Calm, and Desire Luxe, Calme, et Volupté 1904 Oil on canvas Paris Musée d'Orsay
Still Life with Vase, Bottle and Fruit 1903-6 Oil on canvas 73 × 92 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage Museum
A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi 1902 Oil on canvas 72.5 × 54.5 cm Buffalo, New York Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Pastoral (painting) 1905 46 × 55 cm. Paris Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
The Green Stripe La Raie Verte 1905 Oil and tempera on canvas 40.50 × 32.5 cm Copenhagen Statens Museum for Kunst
The Open Window La Fenêtre ouverte 1905 Oil on canvas 55.3 × 46 cm Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art
Woman with a Hat La femme au chapeau 1905 Oil on canvas 79.4 × 59.7 cm San Francisco San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
View of Collioure Les toits de Collioure 1905 Oil on canvas 59.5 × 73 cm St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum
Landscape at Collioure 1905 Oil on canvas 38.8 × 46.6 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
View of Collioure (The Tower) 1905 Oil on canvas 32.9 × 41.3 cm Private collection
Portrait of André Derain 1905 Oil on canvas 39.5 × 29 cm London Tate Gallery
The Red Carpet Le Tapis rouge (Intérieur au tapis rouge) 1906 Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm Grenoble Museum of Grenoble
The Reader Portrait de Marguerite 1906 Oil on canvas 64.5 x 80.3 cm Grenoble Museum of Grenoble
Portrait of Marguerite Portrait de Marguerite 1906 Oil on canvas 32 x 24 cm Marion Smooke Collection
Interior at Collioure 1906 Oil on canvas 60 × 78 cm Private collection
The Joy of Life Le bonheur de vivre 1905-6 Oil on canvas 175 × 241 cm Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Barnes Foundation
The Young Sailor I 1906 Oil on canvas 99 × 77.5 cm Private collection
The Young Sailor II 1906 Oil on canvas 101.6 × 81.9 cm New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art
Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906 Oil on canvas 30 × 23 cm Copenhagen Statens Museum for Kunst
Reclining Nude, I Nu couché, I (Aurore) 1906-07 Sculpture
Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) Nu bleu: Souvenir de Biskra 1907 Oil on canvas 92 × 140 cm Baltimore Baltimore Museum of Art
Blue Still Life Nature morte bleue 1907 Oil on canvas 89.5 x 116.8 cm Merion, PA Barnes Foundation
The Red Madras Headress Madras Rouge 1907 Oil on canvas 99.4 × 80.5 cm Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Barnes Foundation
The coiffure La coiffure 1907 Oil on canvas 116 × 89 cm Stuttgart Staatsgalerie
Three Bathers Les trois baigneuses 1907 Oil on canvas 60.3 × 73 cm Minneapolis Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) 1908 Oil on canvas 180 × 220 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage
Game of Bowls 1908 Oil on canvas 115 × 147 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage
Bathers with a Turtle 1908 Oil on canvas 179 × 220 cm St. Louis, Missouri Saint Louis Art Museum
Portrait of Greta Moll Portrait de Greta Moll 1908 Oil on canvas 93 × 73.5 cm London Tate Modern
Dance (I) La Danse (I) 1909 Oil on canvas 260 × 390 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Algerian Woman L'Algérienne 1909 Oil on canvas 81 × 650 cm Paris Musée National d'Art Moderne
Spanish Woman with a Tambourine L'Espagnole 1909 Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm Moscow Pushkin Museum
Nude with a White Scarf Nu à l'écharpe blanche 1909 Oil on canvas 116.5 x 89 cm Copenhagen Statens Museum for Kunst
Dance II La Danse 1910 Oil on canvas 260 × 391 cm St Petersburg The Hermitage
Music La Musique 1910 Oil on canvas 260 × 389 cm St Petersburg The Hermitage
Nasturtiums with The Dance II Les Capucines 1910-12 Oil on canvas 193 x 114 cm Moscow Pushkin Museum
Still Life with Geraniums 1910 Oil on canvas 180 × 220 cm Munich Pinakothek der Moderne
The Red Studio L'Atelier Rouge 1911 Oil on canvas 162 × 130 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
The Conversation 1908-12 Oil on canvas 177 × 85⅜ cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage
Zorah on the Terrace 1912 Oil on canvas 116 × 100 cm. Moscow Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Window at Tangier (Landscape viewed from a window, Tangiers) Fenêtre à Tanger 1911-12 Oil on canvas 115 x 80 cm Moscow Pushkin Museum
Le Rifain assis 1912 - 13 Oil on canvas 200 × 160 cm. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Barnes Foundation
Arab Coffeehouse Le café Maure 1912-13 Oil on canvas 176 x 210 cm Saint Petersburg Hermitage Museum
Interior with a Goldfish Bowl Les poissons rouges 1914 Oil on canvas 147 x 97 cm Paris Centre Georges Pompidou
Woman on a High Stool Femme au tabouret 1914 Oil on canvas 147 × 95.5 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
French Window at Collioure Porte-fenêtre à Collioure 1914 Oil on canvas 46 × 35½ in Paris Centre Pompidou
View of Notre-Dame Une vue de Notre-Dame 1914 Oil on canvas 147.3 × 94.3 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
The Yellow Curtain Le rideau jaune 1915 Oil on canvas 146 × 97 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Sculpture and Vase of Ivy La branche de lierre 1916 Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm Besançon Musée de Besançon
The Window 1916 Oil on canvas Detroit Detroit Institute of Arts
Laurette in a Green Robe Laurette sur fond noir, robe verte 1916 Oil on canvas 73 × 54.3 cm New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art
Auguste Pellerin II Auguste Pellerin II 1916-17 Oil on canvas 150.2 x 96.2 cm Paris Centre Georges Pompidou
The Painter and His Model Le Peintre dans son atelier 1916-17 Oil on canvas 146.5 x 97 cm Paris Centre Georges Pompidou
Sleeping Nude on a Red Background Nu (Lorette allongée sur fond rouge) 1916-17 Oil on canvas 95 x 196 cm Private collection
The Music Lesson Portrait de famille 1917 Oil on canvas 245.1 x 210.8 cm Merion, PA Barnes Foundation
Bouquet Fleurs 1917-18 Oil on canvas 139.7 x 102.2 cm San Diego San Diego Museum of Art
The Moroccans Les Marocains 1918 Oil on canvas 181.3 x 279.4 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art
The Ostrich-Feather Hat La toque de gouro 1918 Oil on canvas Hartford, CT Wadsworth Atheneum
Portrait of George Besson Portrait de George Besson 1918 Oil on wood panel 14 x 8 cm Besançon Musée de Besançon
Self-portrait Portrait du peintre 1918 Oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm Le Cateau-Cambrésis Matisse Museum (Le Cateau)
Interior with a Violin Interieur au violon 1918 Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm Copenhagen Statens Museum for Kunst
Woman with a Red Umbrella Seated in Profile Interieur 1919-21 Oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Private collection
Intérieur à Nice 1920 Oil on canvas
File:Odalisque with Arms Raised.jpg[2] Odalisque with Raised Arms Odalisque assise aux bras levés, fauteuil rayé vert 1923 Oil on canvas 68 × 64 cm Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art
Yellow Odalisque 1926 Oil on canvas Ottawa National Gallery of Canada
The Dance II 1932 Mural 45 × 15 ft Pennsylvania Barnes Foundation
Interior with Dog Interior avec un Chien 1934 Oil on canvas Baltimore Baltimore Museum of Art
Robe violette et Anémones 1937
File:Woman in a Purple Coat.jpg Woman in a Purple Coat 1937 Oil on canvas 81 × 65.2 cm Houston, Texas Museum of Fine Arts
The Dream of 1940 Le Rêve de 1940 1940 Oil on canvas
La Blouse Roumaine 1940 Oil on canvas
File:Henri Matisse Annelies.jpg Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones 1944 Oil on canvas 60 × 73 cm Honolulu Honolulu Museum of Art
File:LAsie.jpg Asia L'Asie 1946 Oil on canvas 116 × 81 cm Private collection
File:Deux Fillettes.jpg Two Girls in a Yellow and Red Interior Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge 1947 Oil on canvas 61 × 49.8 cm Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Barnes Foundation
File:The Plum Blossoms.jpg The Plum Blossoms 1948 Oil on canvas 115.9 × 88.9 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art

Sculptures

Many of Matisse's sculptures were modeled in clay and later cast in bronze, a process which allows for multiple copies to be made. Because of that, many of these works exist in multiple copies and are in the collections of multiple museums.

Work Name French name Year Technique Height City Gallery Notes
The Serf 1900–1904 Bronze 92.3 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art [3]
Madeleine I Madeleine I 1901 Bronze 59.7 cm Minneapolis Minneapolis Institute of Arts [4]
Madeleine II Madeleine II 1903 Bronze 59.1 cm New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art [5]
(Image) The Back I 1908-09 Bronze New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Study of a foot c. 1909 Bronze 30 cm St. Petersburg Hermitage [6]
(Image) The Back II 1913 Bronze New York City The Museum of Modern Art
(Image) The Back III 1916 Bronze New York City The Museum of Modern Art
Henriette II Henriette II 1927 Bronze 32.1 cm Ottawa National Gallery of Canada [7]
Henriette III Henriette III 1929 Bronze 40 cm St. Petersburg The Hermitage [8]
(Image) The Back IV c. 1931 Bronze New York City The Museum of Modern Art

Works on paper

Work Name French name Year Technique Dimensions City Gallery Notes
Magnolia c. 1900 Pen and ink on paper 20.9 × 25.7 cm Private Collection
Still Life Nature morte 1900 Brush and ink on paper 19.5 × 23 cm Musée Matisse
Drawing of a Woman Dessin d'une femme 1944 Pen and ink on paper 55 × 34 cm Bogotá Botero Museum
(Image) The Knife Thrower Le Lanceur De Couteaux 1947 Collage/Decoupage/Paper-cut Houston Menil Collection
(Image) Beasts of the Sea 1950 Paper collage on canvas 295.5 × 154 cm Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art
(Image) Black Leaf on Green Background 1952 Gouache decoupage Houston Menil Collection
Blue Nude II 1952 Gouache-painted paper cut-outs

stuck to paper mounted on canvas

 116.2 × 88.9 cm Paris Centre Pompidou
(Image) The Black Woman La Négresse 1952/3 gouache découpée 55.3 × 46 cm Paris Centre Pompidou
(Image) The Sorrows of the King 1952 Gouache 292 × 386 cm Paris Centre Pompidou
(Image) The Snail L'Escargot 1953 Gouache 287 × 288 cm London Tate Gallery
(Image) The Boat Le Bateau 1953 Gouache 13.84 × 10.33 cm New York City The Museum of Modern Art

Notes

  1. ↑ Wattenmaker, Richard J.; Distel, Anne, et al. (1993). Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-40963-7. p. 272
  2. ↑ Images created during and after 1923 are not under the protection of United States Copyright law and are used under a provision of Fair Use, which requires the number of pages upon which the image is displayed to be limited.
  3. ↑ Entry on the MoMA's website Retrieved 15 February 2009
  4. ↑ Entry on the MIA's website Retrieved 15 February 2009
  5. ↑ "Henri Matisse: Madeleine, II (2002.456.115)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mati/ho_2002.456.115.htm (October 2006) Retrieved 15 February 2009
  6. ↑ Entry on the website of the Hermitage. Retrieved 15 February 2009
  7. ↑ Entry on Cybermuse Retrieved 15 February 2009
  8. ↑ Entry on the Website of the Hermitage Retrieved 15 February 2009

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