The painting was a motif that haunted Matisse from the days when he first glimpsed another world through the half open glass door of the northern lawyer’s office where he worked as a clerk.
The painting depicts sailboats in a Mediterranean port, but Matisse painted his waves pink, his sky turquoise and periwinkle.
Matisse seems to be enjoying himself making painting within a painting; frame by the window on three side and the balcony at the bottom.
Open window is provocative and vibrant and it rewrote the rules for using color.
Open Window Collioure 1905 by Henri Matisse
