Matisse - The Open window Boats Later a third and smaller

Later a third and smaller version was painted as a gift to his mother and sister

and silence

staccato touches

which began to gain steam during the early 20th century

Matisse - The Open window Boats Later a third and smallerThe Open Window was originally painted in 1905 by Henri Matisse, and although it is a small one, it is seen as an icon of early modernism. This painting was one of the few that was exhibited at the Salon d'automne in Paris in 1905, where Fauvism was first 'labelled' as such. This painting represents the very inception of the new manner of Matisse's art. It was painted in Collioure, a small town on the Mediterranean coast of France, where the artists