Offenes Fenster in Collioure

Open Window, Collioure

1905 · Painting

Über das Gemälde

Offenes Fenster in Collioure (frz. Fenêtre ouverte à Collioure) ist ein Gemälde des französischen Malers Henri Matisse. Es entstand 1905 in Collioure in der fauvistischen Periode des Künstlers.

Gemalt wurde es im Format 55,3 × 46 cm mit Öl auf Leinwand und ist gegenwärtig unter dem Titel Open Window, Collioure in der Sammlung der National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. zu sehen. Früherer Eigentümer seit 1952 war der Unternehmer, Kunstsammler und -mäzen John Hay Whitney. 1998 gelangte das Werk als Geschenk der Erben in den Besitz des Museums.

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Angaben

Inventarnummer: 1998.74.7

Derweil im Leben von Henri Matisse

Das ganze Leben

June 1904
First Solo Exhibition
Matisse's first solo exhibition was held at the gallery of Ambroise Vollard, though it was not a great success.
summer 1904
Summer in Saint-Tropez with Signac
Together with the Neo-Impressionists Paul Signac and Henri Cross, Matisse went to Saint-Tropez, where he began working in the Divisionist technique. There he painted his first masterpiece, "Luxe, Calme et Volupté" (1904/1905).
summer 1905
Collioure: The Birth of Fauvism
Matisse spent the summer of 1905 with André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck in the fishing village of Collioure on the Mediterranean. Together with Derain he created a new style that entered art history as Fauvism.
October 1905
Scandal at the Salon d'Automne
Matisse showed "The Open Window" and "Woman with a Hat"; Louis Vauxcelles's review of 17 October 1905 gave the group the nickname "fauves" ("wild beasts"). "Woman with a Hat" was bought by Leo Stein for 500 francs, which raised the market value of the artist's work.
1906
Meeting Pablo Picasso
The first meeting between Matisse and Picasso took place at the Steins' salon on the Rue de Fleurus in Paris. Their creative friendship was full of rivalry and mutual respect.