The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room)
| The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) | |
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1908 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 180 cm × 220 cm (70.9 in × 86.6 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
The Desert: Harmony in Red is a painting by French artist Henri Matisse, from 1908. It is considered by some critics to be Matisse's masterpiece.[1] This Fauvist painting follows the example set by Impressionism with the overall lack of a central focal point.[2]
The painting was commissioned as "Harmony in Blue," but Matisse was dissatisfied with the result, and so he painted it over with his preferred red.[1][3]
It is in the permanent collection of the Hermitage Museum.[4]
References
- ^ a b "The Red Room: Harmony in Red by Henri Matisse (1908): Modern Art Explained: what do you think? The Times, September 2, 2008, found at Times Online. Accessed May 27, 2009.
- ^ Bruce Cole, Adelheid M. Gealt, Art of the western world: from ancient Greece to post-modernism (Simon and Schuster, 1991) ISBN 978-0-671-74728-2 p. 265, found at Google books. Accessed May 27, 2009.
- ^ Best Stuff website Archived 2013-01-18 at archive.today. Accessed May 27, 2009.
- ^ Hermitage Museum website Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed May 27, 2009.
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