The Red Studio

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The Red Studio is a famous 1911 painting by Henri Matisse that depicts his studio interior flattened into a vivid, monochromatic red space, exemplifying his bold use of color and simplified forms.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance iconic example of Matisse’s late Fauvist style
key work in the development of modernist abstraction
artist Henri Matisse
catalogueRaisonneNumber Duthuit 700 (approximate reference)
city New York City
collection Museum of Modern Art collection
commissionedBy Sergei Shchukin NERFINISHED
completionDate 1911
country United States
creator Henri Matisse
depicts artist’s studio
decorative objects
furniture
paintings
sculptures
studio interior
depictsWorkBySameArtist Le Luxe II
Nude with White Scarf
Young Sailor II
dominantColor red
genre interior scene
inception 1911
influenced abstract art
color field painting
minimalist painting
location Museum of Modern Art
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
medium oil on canvas
movement Fauvism
movementAssociatedWith modern art
museum Museum of Modern Art, New York
notableCharacteristic bold use of color
flattened pictorial space
monochromatic red field
outline drawing in yellow and blue lines
simplified forms
suppressed linear perspective
originalTitle L’Atelier rouge
owner Museum of Modern Art, New York
theme artist’s working environment
autobiographical self-representation through objects
relationship between objects and space
title The Red Studio
yearExhibited 1912

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Henri Matisse
notableWork
The Red Studio
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