Henri Matisse paintings 1930-1939

After 1930 a new vigor and bolder simplification appeared in his work. American art collector Albert C. Barnes convinced him to produce a large mural for the Barnes Foundation, The Dance II, which was completed in 1932; the Foundation owns several dozen other Matisse paintings. This move toward simplification and a foreshadowing of the cutout technique are also evident in his painting Large Reclining Nude (1935). Matisse worked on this painting over a period of several months and documented the progress with a series of 22 photographs which he sent to Etta Cone.

The Yellow Dress 1931 The Dance 1933 The Dance 1933 The Dance 1933 Blue Eyes 1934
The Yellow Dress
1931
The Dance
1933
The Dance
1933
The Dance
1933
Blue Eyes
1934
Interior with Phonograph 1934 Woman with a White Dress 1934 Pink Nude 1935 The Ochre Head 1935 Reclining Nude. The Painter and his Model 1935
Interior with
Phonograph
1934
Woman with a
White Dress
1934
Pink Nude
1935
The Ochre Head
1935
Reclining Nude.
The Painter
and his Model
1935
The Dream  1935 Woman in Profile. Turned to the Left 1935 A Nude with her Heel on her Knee 1936 Odalisque, Blue Harmony 1937 Purple Robe and Anemones 1937
The Dream
1935
Woman in Profile.
Turned to the
Left
1935
A Nude with her
Heel on her
Knee
1936
Odalisque,
Blue Harmony
1937
Purple Robe
and Anemones
1937
Small Odalisque in Purple Robe 1937 Woman in a Purple Coat 1937 Woman in Blue, or The Large Blue Robe and Mimosas 1937 The Arm 1938 Two Dancers. Study for Rouge et Noir 1938
Small Odalisque
in Purple Robe
1937
Woman in a
Purple Coat
1937
Woman in Blue,
or The Large Blue
Robe and Mimosas
1937
The Arm
1938
Two Dancers.
Study for Rouge
et Noir
1938
Lydia with her Hair in a Net 1939 Music 1939 Reader on a Black Background 1939 The Daisies 1939 The Romanian Green Bluse 1939
Lydia with her
Hair in a Net
1939
Music
1939
Reader on a
Black Background
1939
The Daisies
1939
The Romanian
Green Bluse
1939
Two Women 1939 Woman in Red Flowered Hat 1935 Young Woman in a Blue Blouse. Portrait of L.N. Delektorskaya 1939 Draped Nude 1936 Girl in Yellow and Blue with Guitar 1939
Two Women
1939
Woman in Red Flowered Hat
1935
Young Woman in
a Blue Blouse.
Portrait of L.N.
Delektorskaya
1939
Draped Nude
1936
Girl in Yellow
and Blue with
Guitar
1939