Odalisque with a Tambourine ☶ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver his left hand forming a

his left hand forming a mudra of power with two upturned fingers from which rise a cloud of smoke

best known as Whistler's Mother

large areas of flat color

making them ideal for painting outdoors

The closeup composition is unlike any of Van Gogh's other paintings

Odalisque with a Tambourine ☶ Matisse ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Silver his left hand forming aOdalisque with a Tambourine (1926) by Henri Matisse depicts a nude female figure reclining in a chair in front of an open window. An odalisque is a female slave or concubine in a harem. Here she is surrounded by vibrant colors, the room has a decorative wallpaper, the chair patterned with yellow and green stripes, and a red floor. Matisse claimed that he painted odalisques as an excuse "paint the nude" having seen harems firsthand during trips to