Henri Matisse painted this unusual view of a road and the surrounding rural landscape in summer of 1917 while being chauffeured by his son Pierre toward an airport on the outskirts of Paris. Seized by the novel idea of depicting the road from inside the car, Matisse asked his son to pull over so he could begin painting. Although forced to keep the windows shut, and despite passing traffic rocking the old Renault back and forth, Matisse managed to create a novel view of life in the modern automobile age.
- Készítette Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954)
- Datálva 1917
- Jogok: Copyrighted
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Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Genre
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
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