''The Open Window'', also known as ''Open Window, Collioure'', is a painting by
Henri Matisse. The work, an oil on canvas, was painted in 1905 and exhibited at the
Salon d'Automne in Paris the same year. It was bequeathed in 1998 by the estate of Mrs.
John Hay Whitney to the
National Gallery of Art
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It is an example of the
Fauvist style of painting that Matisse became famous for, and for which he was a leader, roughly between the years 1900–1909. ''The Open Window'' depicts the view out the window of his apartment in
Collioure, on the Southern coast of France. We see sailboats on the water, as viewed from Matisse's hotel window overlooking the harbour. He returned frequently to the theme of the open window in
Paris and especially during the years in
Nice and
Etretat, and in his final years, particularly during the late 1940s.
Henri Matisse loved painting open windows and painted them throughout his career.
See also
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Window at Tangier
''Window at Tangier''; also referred to as ''La Fenêtre à Tanger'', ''Paysage vu d'une fenêtre'', and ''Landscape viewed from a window, Tangiers'', is a painting by Henri Matisse, executed in 1912. It is held at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, ...
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Image of ''Open Window, Collioure,'' retrieved December 20, 2016
1905 paintings
Paintings by Henri Matisse
Collections of the National Gallery of Art
Ships in art
Fauvism
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