Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra)
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1907 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Fauvism |
| Dimensions | 92.1 cm × 140.3 cm (36.3 in × 55.2 in) |
| Location | Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore |
Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) (French: "Nu bleu, Souvenir de Biskra"), an early 1907 oil painting on canvas by Henri Matisse, is located at the Baltimore Museum of Art as part of the Cone Collection.[1]
Matisse painted the nude when a sculpture he was working on shattered. He later finished the sculpture which is entitled Reclining Nude I (Aurore).
Matisse shocked the French public at the 1907
Armory Show of 1913 in New York City.[2]
The painting, which may be classified as
Les Demoiselles D'Avignon.[3]
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See also
- List of works by Henri Matisse
- 100 Great Paintings, 1980 BBC series
References
- ^ "Baltimore Museum of Art, Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra)".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Matisse, Henri." Encyclopædia Britannica Online, 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007
- ^ "Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes, The Response to Matisse's Blue Nude". Archived from the original on 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
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