View of Notre-Dame

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View of Notre-Dame (1914). Oil on canvas, 58 x 37 1/8" (147.3 x 94.3 cm). In the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest

View of Notre-Dame (French: Une vue de Notre-Dame) is an oil painting by Henri Matisse from 1914. It is held in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.

Experimental period

Along with works such as

Pentimenti reveal that it was originally painted in a more detailed manner before it was radically simplified into a geometric composition.[1]

Exhibition

It was not exhibited until after Matisse's death, but proved a great influence upon later developments in painting.

Abstract Expressionism, such as Richard Diebenkorn
.

See also

Notes

  • Elderfield, John (1996). Henri Matisse: Masterworks from the Museum of Modern Art. New York City:
    ISBN 0-87070-112-6
    .

References

  1. ^ a b Elderfield, 76

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