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Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Head of a Woman, 1917, French. Oil on panel. 34.9 x 27 cm. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (http://www.philamuseum.org/), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Samuel S. White III and Vera White Collection. Copyright 2006 Succession H. Matisse, Paris, France/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, New York.

Creativity may come easily for many artists, but sometimes inspiration arrives in the form of a muse—John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Calvin Klein and Kate Moss, Woody Allen and his cast of thousands. Impressionist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) often found inspiration in his beautiful models.

Head of a Woman (cover) is a typical Matisse portrait. He completed this painting in 1917 when he was 48 years old and married with 3 children. Spending long hours painting women may have been an escape from his family responsibilities. Matisse often had affairs with his models, although he tried to be more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Angela Grayson