Matisse: Radical Invention

A spectacular exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago retraces Henri Matisse’s radical reinvention as a modernist master, and the painting that changed his career. VIEW OUR GALLERY.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift and bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx, 1964. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---goldfish-and-palette_qoynzl — Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 112.4 cm (57 3/4 x 44 1/4 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift and bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx, 1964. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---apples_ngp855 — Oil on canvas, 116.9 x 88.9 cm (46 x 35 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Florene May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx, 1948.563. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---piano-lesson_jjbozf — Oil on canvas, 245.1 x 212.7 cm (96 1/2 x 83 3/4 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1946. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---eva-mudocci_kkveqt — Graphite on three pieces of paper, mounted to canvas, 92.7 x 71.1 cm (36 1/2 x 28 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002, 2002.456.41. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---italian-woman_cpxamz — Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 89.5 cm (45 15/16 x 35 1/4 in.)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, by exchange, 1982, 82.2946. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---sunlight_gxhsnm — Oil on canvas, 91 x 74 cm (36 x 29 1/8 in.)
Private collection. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---window_hzpem4 — Oil on canvas, 146.1 x 116.8 cm (57 1/2 x 46 in.)
The Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 22.14. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---moroccans_megsng — Oil on canvas, 181.3 x 279.4 cm (71 3/8 x 110 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx, 1955. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---portrait-of-yvonne_ikaah4 — Oil on canvas, 147.3 x 97.5 cm (58 x 38 3/8 in.)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950, 1950-134-130. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---interior-with-goldfish_kteaf9 — Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cm (57 7/8 x 38 1/8 in.)
Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre de Création Industrielle, Centre Pompidou, Paris, bequest of Baroness Eva Gourgaud, 1965, AM 4311 P. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---flowers-and-ceramic-plate_pxonk1 — Oil on canvas, 93.5 x 82.5 cm (36 1/4 x 32 1/2 in.)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, SG 1213. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---bathers-with-a-turtle_tegyca — Oil on canvas, 179.1 x 220.3 cm (70 1/2 x 87 3/4 in.)
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr., 24:1964. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---le-luxe-ii_e4pcje — Distemper on canvas, 209.5 x 138 cm (82 1/2 x 54 3/8 in.)
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, KMSr76. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---blue-nude_muq3jv — 92.1 x 140.4 cm (36 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection, BMA 1950.228. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---bathers-by-a-river_iabz6z — Oil on canvas, 260 x 392 cm (102 1/2 x 154 3/16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection, 1953.158. © 2010 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---photo-2_d9t257 — Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, 1882-1966). Henri Matisse working from Back (II) to Back (III), May 13, 1913.
Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester

galleries/2010/03/30/matisse-radical-invention/art-beast---matisse---photo-1_gunom2 — Alvin Langdon Coburn (British, 1882-1966). Henri Matisse painting Bathers by a River, May 13, 1913.
Courtesy of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester

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