Open Window, Collioure, 1905

Matisse's Open Window, Collioure is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated as one of the most important early paintings of the so-called fauve school, a group of artists, including André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Georges Braque, that emerged in 1904. Fauve paintings are distinguished by a startling palette of saturated, unmixed colors and broad brushstrokes. The effect is one of spontaneity, although the works reveal a calculated assimilation of techniques from postimpressionism and neo-impressionism. Open Window represents the very inception of the new manner in Matisse's art. It was painted in Collioure, a small town on the Mediterranean coast of France to which Matisse traveled with Derain in the summer of 1905.  100% Hand painted art: Size: Various Sizes Available Medium:  Oil on canvas Type: Reproduction Artist: Henri Matisse Delivery Time: 14-21 days Item #: MATISSE-010 Open Window, Collioure, 1905 by Henri Matisse can be reproduce