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Paysage marocain (Acanthes)
Paysage marocain (Acanthes)
Paysage marocain (Acanthes)
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet

Paysage marocain (Acanthes)

Artist (Frankrike, 1869 - 1954)
Alternate Title
  • Moroccan Landscape (Acanthus)
  • Marockanskt landskap (Akantus)
Date1912
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 115 × 80 cm Ram: 139 × 103 × 6,5 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineDonation 1917 från Walter Halvorsen
Countries
Object NumberNM 2070
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn the winter of 1912, Henri Matisse travelled to Tangiers in Morocco, inspired by a major exhibition on Islamic art he had seen in Munich in 1910. After weeks of pouring rain, the sun brought the light he had been looking for. In the painting, the ground is blue on pink, and overgrown with thriving acanthus leaves, like the ones he saw in the lush garden where he worked. Matisse wanted to channel the inner expressive capacity of colours, like the dripping humidity, growth and inner force conveyed in this painting. The Moroccan landscape looked just the way he had imagined after seeing the romantic painter Eugène Delacroix’s scenes from Morocco, and reading Pierre Loti’s Travel Memoir “In Morocco”.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i nedre vänstra hörnet: "Henri Matisse" Selected exhibition history Den tidiga modernismen: 1900-1920 ur Moderna Museets samling (den 19 mars 2011 - den 2 oktober 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö Henri Matisse (1984-1985) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Scenbyte: verk ur Moderna Museets Samling av Dardel, Matisse, Abdul-Hadi, Hjertén och Léger m.fl. (den 15 oktober 2011 - den 5 februari 2012) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Önskemuseet (1963-1964) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Moderna Museet c/o Waldemarsudde - Moderna klassiker (2002-2003) Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Moderna klassiker : Moderna Museet c/o Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde : 28/9 2002 - 16/2 2003Önskemuseet : the museum of our wishes : notre musée tel qu´il devrait être : museum unserer wünsche : [utställning i Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 26 december 1963 - 16 februari 1964] / ordnad av Moderna Museets VännerHenri Matisse : Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 3.11 1984 - 6.1 1985