Rumanian Blouse by Henri Matisse  

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
FranceRumanian Blouse, 1937
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Bequest of Mary E. Johnston, 1967.1427

Signed and dated lower right: "Henri Matisse 37"

Description:
In an interior setting, a woman sits on a chair wearing a skirt with blue and white stripes, and a blouse with red, black, green, yellow, and orange decoration. She holds a strand of white beads in her hands.

Frank Duveneck (1848-1919)
United States (Cincinnati)
The Whistling Boy, 1872
Oil on canvas
27 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (70.8 x 53.7 cm)
Gift of the Artist, 1904.196

The Whistling Boy is considered the masterpiece of Frank Duveneck, Cincinnati's most celebrated artist. Duveneck, born in Covington, Kentucky, began as an assistant to a painter of Catholic churches. The son of German immigrants, he traveled to Munich in 1870 for further study in art. At that time, Munich was home to some of the most advanced artists in Europe, including Wilhelm Leibl, whose dark, unsentimental portraits impressed the young American. After returning home, Duveneck became an influential teacher, bringing the liberating aspects of progressive German art to the United States. His students included John Twachtman, Robert Blum, and Joseph DeCamp.