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Towards Monumental Decoration
1930-1933
Henri Matisse dans la salle à manger chez Etta Cone, Baltimore, 17-18 décembre 1930. Photo : Archives Henri Matisse / D. R.
Henri Matisse à New York, 1930. Photo: Archives Henri Matisse / D.R.
Paysage de Tahiti, 1930. Photographie de Henri Matisse. Photothèque Musée Matisse Nice, original : Archives Henri Matisse
Six-month trip to Tahiti via New York and San Francisco.
Paints the large mural painting La Danse for the entrance hall of Albert C. Barnes’ foundation in Merion (Philadelphia).
Works on his first illustrated book, Poésies by Mallarmé.
Pierre Matisse opens his gallery in New York and organises eight exhibitions on his father’s work between 1932 and 1949.
First Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York curated by Alfred J. Barr.
1934-1935
Henri Matisse, "Papeete-Tahiti", Nice, 1935, huile sur toile, 225 x 172 cm, Musée Matisse Nice
© Succession H. Matisse | Photo © François Fernandez
Lydia Delectorskaya à Beauvezer, été 1935, Photo : Archives Henri Matisse / D. R.
Henri Matisse, "Nymphe dans la forêt (La Verdure)", Nice, 1935-1942/1943, huile sur toile, 245,5 x 195,5 cm, Musée Matisse Nice
© Succession H. Matisse | Photo © François Fernandez
Lydia Delectorskaya effaçant un état de "Nymphe dans la forêt (La Verdure)", 1936
Photo : Archives Henri Matisse
Returns to painting with L’Intérieur au chien.
Lydia Delectorskaya, a 24-year-old Russian immigrant, becomes his model and then his assistant.
Tapestry projects with Marie Cuttoli, Tahiti I (also called Papeete-Tahiti and Fenêtre à Tahiti) et Tahiti II, Nymphe dans la forêt (La Verdure).
1936-1937
Introduces the Romanian blouse theme and various recurring fashion accessories in his paintings : dresses, hats and jewels.
1936: first contract with Paul Rosenberg, his main dealer until 1939.
1937: the City of Paris acquires the first version of La Danse, presented in 1939 in the Palais de Tokyo.
1938-1939
Ballet "L’Étrange farandole", première représentation le 11 mai 1939 à Monte-Carlo, photo publiée dans "Le Point", juillet 1939
| Photo © Musée Matisse Nice - © Succession H. Matisse
Buys a flat in the former hôtel Régina in Nice.
Designs the sets and costumes for L’Étrange farandole for the Ballets Russes of Monte-Carlo.
1939-1940
After the outbreak of war and the armistice, does not wish to leave France and returns to Nice.
Paints La Blouse roumaine, Le Rêve, and compositions with objects on a neutral background, Nature morte au coquillage, Nature morte au magnolia (1941).
