''Robe violette et Anémones'' (known in English at ''Purple Robe and Anemones'') is a 1937 painting by

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...

featuring a woman wearing a purple robe sitting next to a vase of

anemone ''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia, New Zealand an ...

s. The painting is among those purchased by art collector and socialite

Etta Cone Claribel Cone (1864–1929) and Etta Cone (1870–1949), collectively known as the Cone sisters, were active as American art collectors, world travelers, and socialites during the first part of the 20th century. Claribel trained as a physician an ...

and is part of the Cone Collection at

Baltimore Museum of Art The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is an art museum that was founded in 1914. The BMA's collection of 95,000 objects encompasses more than 1,000 works by Henri Matisse anchored by the Cone Collection of ...

. The painting has been called "one of the best-loved pieces" of that collection, a collection estimated to be worth almost a billion dollars in 2002. The painting has been described as showing "Henri Matisse's comprehensive use of space: not much is left empty, creating a rich viewing experience. ". It has also been said that it is "a great example of Matisse's use of flat areas of bold color and pattern" , as the placement of overlapping objects creates a sense of space with simple lines, suggestive of volume.

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1937 paintings Paintings by Henri Matisse Paintings in the Baltimore Museum of Art Women in art {{20C-painting-stub

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