Woman in a Purple Coat

Woman in a Purple Coat

Infobox Painting|

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painting_alignment=right
image_size=230px
title=Woman in a Purple Coat
artist=Henri Matisse
year=1937
type=Oil on canvas
height=81
width=65.2
height_inch= 31 7/8
width_inch = 25 11/16
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city=Houston, Texas
museum=Museum of Fine Arts

"Woman in a Purple Coat" is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1937. It depicts Matisse's assistant Lydia Delectorskaya. This painting is an example of Henri Matisse´s mature decorative style. Matisse depicts his model and companion of many years, Lydia Delectorskaya, in an exotic Moroccan costume, surrounded by a complex of abstract design and exotic color. [ [http://www.mfah.org/collection.asp?par1=9&par2=&par3=31&par6=3&par4=29&lgc=4&currentPage=2 Mfah.org - Woman in a Purple Coat] ] This is an example of one of the final groups of oil paintings in Matisse's career, in 1950 he stopped painting oil paintings in favor of creating paper cutouts.

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