The Music Lesson(Matisse)
Appearance
The Music Lesson[1] | |
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Artist | Henri Matisse |
Year | 1917 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 245.1 cm × 210.8 cm (96.5 in × 83.0 in) |
Location | The Barnes Foundation,Philadelphia |
The Music Lesson(French:La leçon de musique) is a 1917oil paintingbyHenri Matisse.[2]It is on display at theBarnes FoundationinPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.
This work is a family portrait depicting the artist's relatives around a Pleyel piano and a window inIssy-les-Moulineaux.The theme is a much more naturalistic recreation ofThe Piano Lesson,created the previous year in large colored sections, which is now at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.