''Still Life with Geraniums'' is a 1910 oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse. The oil painting is in the collection of

Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne (, '' Pinakothek of the Modern'') is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's ''Kunstareal''. Locals sometimes refer to it as the ''Dritte'' ("third") ''Pinakothek'' after the Old and New. It is one of the world' ...

, Munich, Germany, to whom it was given in 1912, thus becoming, according to the museum, the first Matisse to enter a public collection.Butler, Desmond
"Art/Architecture; A Home for the Modern In a Time-Bound City"
'' The New York Times'', 10 November 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2007. ''Still Life with Geraniums'' was one of six paintings in the museum's collection to survive World War II. This particular painting should not be confused with Matisse's earlier 1906 painting ''Still Life with a Geranium'', which is held by the

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

, or his 1912 painting ''Pot of Geraniums'' in the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

. ( Juan Gris also painted ''Pot of Geraniums'' in 1915, sold at auction in 2007.)"Giacometti, Juan Gris records fall at New York art sales"
AFP, May 2007. Retrieved from findarticles.com, 26 December 2007.

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