Open Window, Collioure ☱ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver continuing a common theme of

continuing a common theme of separation and loneliness in public places

The painting is a significant example of Rückenfigur (a rear-facing figure that is not the primary subject)

in front of a golden background

It represents the biblical event in which Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee

Open Window, Collioure ☱ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver continuing a common theme ofOpen Window, Collioure (1905) by Henri Matisse is a prime example of Fauvism, a style of art that he was instrumental in developing, noted for bold and bright colors used to express emotion over realism. Matisse loved painting open windows, here depicting the view from his apartment in Collioure, on the southern coast of France. It depicts a series of frames within frames: the wall contains the windowed doors, the doors frame the plants on the