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The Music Lesson (Matisse)

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The Music Lesson[1]
ArtistHenri Matisse
Year1917
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions245.1 cm × 210.8 cm (96.5 in × 83.0 in)
LocationThe Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

The Music Lesson (French: La leçon de musique) is a 1917 oil painting by Henri Matisse.[2] It is on display at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This work is a family portrait depicting the artist's relatives around a Pleyel piano and a window in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The theme is a much more naturalistic recreation of The Piano Lesson, created the previous year in large colored sections, which is now at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.

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  1. ^ Getlein, Mark. "Chapter 2 / Art and Meaning / Photo 2.25." Living with Art. 8th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, 2008. Print.
  2. ^ Flam, Jack D. (2006). Matisse in transition: around Laurette. Norton Museum of Art