La Blouse Roumaine
| La Blouse Roumaine | |
|---|---|
| The Romanian Blouse (English) | |
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | April 1940 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 92 cm × 73 cm (36 in × 29 in) |
| Location | |
La Blouse Roumaine (English: The Romanian Blouse) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Matisse from 1940. Measuring 92 × 73 cm, the painting is currently held at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. It depicts a woman in a blue skirt and a white embroidered blouse.[1]
Although the Centre Pompidou cites Lydia Delectorskaya as the original model,[1] other candidates for the inspiration for the painting include Elvira Popescu, Elena Văcărescu, Anna de Noailles and Marthe Bibesco.[2]
Matisse painted ten versions of La Blouse Romaine from 1939 to 1945.[3] A pen and ink sketch with the same title, with a similar blouse but a different composition, dated in 1937, is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art.[4][5]
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References
- 1 2 "La Blouse roumaine". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
- ↑ "Elvira Popescu, steaua teatrului si cinematografiei franceze" (in Romanian). ziare.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ↑ Charmet, Raymond (1974). Brunyate, Roger (ed.). Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Art. Follett Publishing Company. p. 154. ISBN 9780695804695.
- ↑ "Rumanian Blouse". Baltimore Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ↑ Leymarie, Jean (1966). Henri Matisse. University of California Press. pp. 154–155.