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  1. Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté
  2. Matisse, The Red Studio
  3. Matisse, Piano Lesson
  4. Kirchner, Street, Dresden
  5. Kandinsky, Composition VII
  6. Jawlensky, Young Girl in a Flowered Hat
  7. Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait)
  8. Schiele, Hermits

Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté Henri Matisse, Luxe, calme et volupté, 1904, oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Museé d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Painted while the artist stayed with the pointillist painter, Signac, at his home in Saint-Tropez on the Côte d'Azur. Matisse's title comes from Charles Baudelaire's poem, L'invitation au voyage (Invitation To A Voyage) from his collection, The Flowers of Evil. Luxe, calme et volupté translates just as it sounds in English, Luxury, calm, and voluptuous(ness)

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