The Red Room (Harmony in Red)
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The Red Room (Harmony in Red) is a 1908 Fauvist masterpiece by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold use of flat, decorative color and its vibrant depiction of an interior domestic scene.
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| instanceOf |
Fauvist painting
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painting → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Harmony in Red
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| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Matisse’s decorative style
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key work in the development of Fauvism → |
| artist |
Henri Matisse
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| collection |
State Hermitage Museum
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| commissionContext |
commission for a dining room decoration
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| commissionedBy |
Sergei Shchukin
NERFINISHED
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Henri Matisse
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| depicts |
interior domestic scene
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table with fruit and objects → window with landscape view → woman arranging fruit → |
| genre |
interior scene painting
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| hasPart |
chair
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fruit bowl → patterned tablecloth → patterned wall → vase with flowers → |
| height |
180 cm
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| inception |
1908
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| influencedBy |
Islamic decorative arts
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Japanese prints → Post-Impressionism → |
| locatedIn |
Russia
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Saint Petersburg → |
| location |
Hermitage Museum
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| mainColor |
red
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| materialUsed |
oil paint
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| movement |
Fauvism
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| notableCharacteristic |
bold use of flat decorative color
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compressed pictorial space → fusion of figure and ground through color → vibrant patterning → |
| originalLanguageTitle |
French
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| originalTitle |
Harmonie en rouge
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La Desserte rouge → |
| previousColorScheme |
blue
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green → |
| support |
canvas
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| theme |
decorative abstraction
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domestic interior → harmony between color and form → |
| title |
The Red Room
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| width |
221 cm
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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The Red Room (Harmony in Red)
("Harmony in Red")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Henri Matisse
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notableWork |
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The Red Room (Harmony in Red)
("Harmonie en rouge")
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originalTitle |