The Blue Window

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The Blue Window is a 1913 painting by Henri Matisse that exemplifies his bold use of color and flattened interior space, often seen as a key work in his development toward modernist abstraction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artHistoricalPeriod early 20th century art
artisticFeature bold use of color
decorative patterning
flattened interior space
simplified forms
tendency toward abstraction
cataloguedIn Matisse catalogue raisonné NERFINISHED
collection Museum of Modern Art collection NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Henri Matisse NERFINISHED
creatorBirthName Henri Émile Benoît Matisse NERFINISHED
creatorBirthYear 1869
creatorDeathYear 1954
creatorNationality French
depictionType domestic interior
depicts curtains
flowers
lamp
landscape seen through window
table
vase
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York exhibitions
genre modernist painting
hasOriginalTitle La Fenêtre bleue NERFINISHED
inception 1913
influencedBy Fauvist color theory
Post-Impressionism NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle English
location Museum of Modern Art, New York City NERFINISHED
mainSubject interior scene
night scene
window
materialUsed oil paint
movement Fauvism NERFINISHED
Modernism
originalTitleLanguage French
partOf Henri Matisse’s interior paintings
significance key work in Matisse’s development toward modernist abstraction
support canvas
usesColor blue
green
red
yellow
yearCompleted 1913

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