Created 1914 | Dimensions 1.47 m x 94 cm Media Oil paint | |
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Similar Henri Matisse artwork, Artwork at Museum of Modern Art, Oil paintings | ||
View of Notre-Dame (French: Une vue de Notre-Dame) is an oil painting by Henri Matisse from 1914.
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Experimental period
Along with works such as Woman on a High Stool, it belongs to the "experimental period" of Matisse's oeuvre. Pentimenti reveal that it was originally painted in a more detailed manner before it was radically simplified into a geometric composition.
Exhibition
It was not exhibited until after Matisse's death, but proved a great influence upon later developments in painting.
References
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