''Still Life with Geraniums'' is a 1910 oil on canvas 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 ...

. The oil painting is in the collection of Pinakothek der Moderne,

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, to whom it was given in 1912, thus becoming, according to the museum, the first Matisse to enter a public collection.Butler, Desmond
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'', 10 November 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2007. ''Still Life with Geraniums'' was one of six paintings in the museum's collection to survive

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. This particular painting should not be confused with Matisse's earlier 1906 painting ''Still Life with a Geranium'', which is held by the Art Institute of Chicago, or his 1912 painting ''Pot of Geraniums'' in the National Gallery of Art. (

Juan Gris José Victoriano González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (; ), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic ge ...

also painted ''Pot of Geraniums'' in 1915, sold at auction in 2007.)"Giacometti, Juan Gris records fall at New York art sales"
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{{20C-painting-stub 1910 paintings Paintings by Henri Matisse Still life paintings Paintings in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne