Nude reclining (Nu accoudé) – Henri Matisse Painting - Framed Prints Size:Medium - 20x24 inches and voluptuous and sturdy build

and voluptuous and sturdy build

In this elaborate composition the artist has carried archaeological realism to a high degree: witness the straps and bandages which support the flutes at the mouths of the flute-players

the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu

Considered to be the best draughtsman of his generation

Nude reclining (Nu accoudé) – Henri Matisse Painting - Framed Prints Size:Medium - 20x24 inches and voluptuous and sturdy build"Nude reclining" is an exquisite painting by Henri Matisse who is known for both his use of color and his fluid and original draughtsman ship. Matisse painted this charming composition in 1919 at his studio in Nice. Throughout the war he had swum against the tide of the Parisian avant garde, committing himself to a style of painting that was grounded in form and color, but in early 1919 his determination was at its most strident: "Work monopolized him