Titine Trovato in a Dress and Hat
1934
About this artwork
This portrait depicts Titine Trovato, a frequent model for Matisse in Nice, rendered with bold brushwork and simplified color planes. It represents a characteristic shift in Matisse's later works toward stylized, rhythmic compositions.
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Titine Trovato was a local girl from Nice whom Matisse discovered and employed as a model throughout the 1930s. Her striking, almost architectural features and dark hair became a recurring motif in his work, helping him refine his signature style of distilling a subject to its most essential, expressive form.
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Titine Trovato in a Dress and Hat
Henri Matisse, 1934
