Harmony in red ※ Henri Matisse 1908

The following painting,
The dessert: harmony in red (The red room) 1908,
 is considered by some art historians
to be Matisse's masterpiece.
This fauvist painting, like impressionism, has no central focal point.
The painting was ordered as 'Harmony in Blue,' but Matisse was dissatisfied with the result, so he painted it over with his preferred red.Harmony in red, which the Russians call The red room, depicts a maid arranging fruit on a table in a room dominated by its vibrant red wallpaper.
The painting is a brilliant celebration of pattern and decoration.
The rhythms of the foliage pattern on the tablecloth and wallpaper are echoed in the background through the window, uniting the interior with the cooler exterior.
In this work Matisse painted with flat areas of colour rather than his characteristic thick brushmarks, emphasising the flat decorative surface of the painting.

Henri Matisse The dessert: harmony in red (The red room) 1908oil on canvas 180 × 220 cm (The Hermitage at St. Petersburg)