''Asia'' (French: ''L'Asie'') is a painting by
Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...
. It is an
oil on canvas
Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments combined with a drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel, or copper for several centuries. ...
painting from 1946.
The painting is in the collection of and on public display at the
Kimbell Art Museum
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, hosts an art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive research library. Its initial artwork came from the private collection of Kay and Velma Kimbell, w ...
in
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...
(USA).
History of the painting
Retrieved December 13, 2010
Provenance
(Pierre Matisse
Pierre Matisse (June 13, 1900 – August 10, 1989) was a French-American art dealer active in New York City. He was the youngest child of French painter Henri Matisse.
Background and early years
Pierre Matisse was born in Bohain-en-Vermandois on ...
Gallery, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Tom May, Beverly Hills, by 1951; (Frank Perls Gallery, Beverly Hills); purchased 15 November 1954 by Mollie Parnis Livingston 905-1992 New York; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 1992, no. 30); purchased through (Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York) by Kimbell Art Foundation, Fort Worth, 1993.
See also
* List of works by Henri Matisse
This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954). He is admired for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. He was a Master drawing, draughtsman, p ...
References
1946 paintings
Paintings by Henri Matisse
Paintings in the Kimbell Art Museum
Oil on canvas paintings
Orientalist paintings
Paintings of women
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