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The course of the exhibition in Paris articulates the work of Matisse during the decade around a few major themes according to a chronological thread and echoing the issues of the magazine after a prologue around the end of the 1920s. Matisse thus goes through years of doubt between 1927 and 1930 before leaving for Tahiti and the United States.
There he collects exotic and ethnographic objects for the decor of «La Danse» on the theme of the love struggle with Lydia Delectorskaia, his assistant and model.
The exhibition arrives at Matisse’s method with meticulously elaborate paintings such as his «Large Reclining Nude» or the «Lady in Blue». Finally, his fourth theme deals with the revival of his painting in his large and bright workshops in Nice, which gave rise to an abundant pictorial production of green plants with a profusion of ornamental motifs and Romanian blouses.
Henri Matisse (1869–1954)
Odalisque in the anemones yellow Persian dress,
end of January 1937 oil on canvas 55,2 × 46 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art
© Succession H. Matisse Photo Philadelphia Museum of Art