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Odalisque with Raised Arms | |
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Artist | Henri Matisse |
Year | 1923 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 68 cm × 64 cm (26 in × 23 in) |
Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
Odalisque with Raised Arms is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1923. The full title is Odalisque assise aux bras levés, fauteuil rayé vert, which translates as "Odalisque with raised arms sitting on a green striped armchair". It is located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, which acquired it in 1963 from the art collector Chester Dale.
Odalisque With Raised Arms is a painting by Henri Matisse that was competed in 1923. The medium is oil on canvas, and the painting is 23 inches by 26 inches. It currently hangs in Washington D.C. in the National Gallery of Art. Matisse’s style changed and evolved drastically throughout his career due to World War I and World War II occurring in his lifetime, therefore he has a wide and wavering collection of paintings depicting the nude female. His Odalisque paintings were inspired by his trip to Morocco. Many of the female subjects in the Odalisque paintings were modeled after Matisse's main model at the time: Henriette Darricarrière.