painting of the month

Four Aces: Simultaneous Image -- Olga Rozanova, 1915 (State Russian Museum)

brilliant oranges

 

Like an orange, Henri Matisse's work is a fruit of brilliant light. 

Guillaume Appollinaire

 

Pictured:  Open Window at Collioure -- Henri Matisse, 1905 (National Gallery of Art) & Still Life with Oranges -- 1913 (Musee du Louvre)