Open Window, Collioure ☱ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver during WWII it was rolled

during WWII it was rolled up and hidden

The painting is a significant example of Rückenfigur (a rear-facing figure that is not the primary subject)

During his stay

Signac's palette of blues

Open Window, Collioure ☱ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver during WWII it was rolledOpen Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse is a prime example of Fauvism, a style of art that he was instrumental in developing, noted for bold and bright colors used to express emotion over realism. Matisse loved painting open windows, here depicting the view from his apartment in Collioure, on the southern coast of France. It depicts a series of frames within frames: the wall contains the windowed doors, the doors frame the plants on the