The Music Lesson (Matisse)
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''The Music Lesson'' (french: link=no, La leçon de musique) is a 1917
oil painting Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...
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Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...
.Flam, Jack D. (2006). Matisse in transition: around Laurette. Norton Museum of Art It is currently on display at the
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. The painting is 96 3/8 x 79 in. (244.7 x 200.7 cm).


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