Henri Matisse
Painter in the Olive Grove
1921
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Henri Matisse
Painter in the Olive Grove
1921
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 23 7/8 × 28 7/8 in. (60.6 × 73.3 cm.)
Framed: 32 3/16 × 37 3/8 × 4 in. (81.8 × 94.9 × 10.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.239
In this charming landscape, Henriette Darricarrère, Matisse’s favorite model during the 1920s, poses as an artist at her easel. Darricarrère was a talented dancer, and Matisse encouraged her to pursue her musical and artistic training. He often depicted her playing an instrument or standing behind an easel. Here, she is studiously working on a landscape of her own, dwarfed by the large olive trees, which bend into decorative arabesques.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by bequest, 1929; Claribel Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1925; Pierre Matisse, Paris
Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture", April 1, 1930-December 1, 1930, no. 31. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", November 3, 1931-December 6, 1931, no. 62. (Exhibited as "Olive Trees")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", May 12, 1934-October 1, 1934. (Exhibited as "The Olive Trees")
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", June 6, 1941-September 1, 1941. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
Henry Clifford, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Henri Matisse", April 3, 1948-May 9, 1948, no. 56. (Exhibited as "Painter Under Olive Trees")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 36. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21, 1955-November 4, 1955. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Edward H. Dwight, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York, "Masters of Landscape: East and West", September 15, 1963-October 13, 1963, no. 61; circulated to The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, November 1, 1963 - December 1, 1963. (Exhibited as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
The Arts Council of Great Britain, The Hayward Gallery, London, "Matisse", July 4, 1968-September 8, 1968, no. 91. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 24. (Exhibited as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24, 1979-October 14, 1979. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930", November 2, 1986-March 29, 1987, no. 125. (Exhibited as "Peintre dans les oliviers/Painter in the Olive Grove")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston,October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3, 1996-December 28, 1996, no. 28; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997-February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cézanne and the Transformed Landscape", May 22, 2002-August 25, 2002.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition", November 3, 1931-December 6, 1931, no. 62. (Exhibited as "Olive Trees")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", May 12, 1934-October 1, 1934. (Exhibited as "The Olive Trees")
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", June 6, 1941-September 1, 1941. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
Henry Clifford, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Henri Matisse", April 3, 1948-May 9, 1948, no. 56. (Exhibited as "Painter Under Olive Trees")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 36. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23, 1953-November 22, 1953. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955. (Exhibited as "The Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, October 21, 1955-November 4, 1955. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Edward H. Dwight, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York, "Masters of Landscape: East and West", September 15, 1963-October 13, 1963, no. 61; circulated to The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, November 1, 1963 - December 1, 1963. (Exhibited as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
The Arts Council of Great Britain, The Hayward Gallery, London, "Matisse", July 4, 1968-September 8, 1968, no. 91. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 24. (Exhibited as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse in the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, August 24, 1979-October 14, 1979. (Exhibited as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930", November 2, 1986-March 29, 1987, no. 125. (Exhibited as "Peintre dans les oliviers/Painter in the Olive Grove")
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston,October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3, 1996-December 28, 1996, no. 28; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8, 1997-February 11, 1997.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Denver Art Museum, March 11, 2000-June 25, 2000; Birmingham Museum of Art, July 23, 2000-September 17, 2000; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 10, 2000-January 28, 2001.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cézanne and the Transformed Landscape", May 22, 2002-August 25, 2002.
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore", circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May-25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012-10 February 2013.
Philippe Marcel, "Henri Matisse," "L ‘art d’aujourd’Hui," Summer 1924, pl. XXV. (Published as "Oliviers")
Katherine Scarborough, "Baltimore Collection Widely Known: Dr. Claribel Cone's Art Pieces are of International Note," "The Baltimore Sun," April 15, 1928, p. SM20. (Published as "Les Oliviers")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, pp.5, 10, no. 31, ill. (Published as "The Olive Grove")
"The Baltimore Sun," "In the Cone Collection at the Museum Next Month," March 23, 1930, p. P2. (Published as "The Olive Grove")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Henri Matisse Retrospective Exhibition," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1931, pp. 20, 51, no. 62, ill. (Published as "Olive Trees")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 24, pl. 37, ill. (Published as "Peintre dans les Oliviers")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, p. 84. (Published as "The Olive Grove")
Louis Aragon, Henry Clifford, and Henri Matisse, "Henri Matisse: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture," Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1948, p. 40, no. 56, ill. (Published as "Painter Under Olive Trees")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin, and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 14, 20, ill. p. 20. (Published as "The Olive Grove")
"Matisse: A Rare Collection Record," "Vogue" March 1, 1955, vol. 125, pp. 132, 134, ill. p. 134. (Published as "The Olive Grove")
Alfred H. Barr, Jr., "Matisse: His Art and His Public," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1951, pp. 210, 438, 557, 575, 585, p. 438, ill. (Published as "The Olive Grove/Peintre dans les oliviers")
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 21, 34, no. 54, ill. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Howard Devree, "About Art and Artists: Works by Matisse, Picasso and Others From Cone Collection Displayed," "The New York Times," January 25, 1955, p. 23. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Gertrude Rosenthal, "A Picture Book: 200 Objects in The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 63, ill. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
"Object of the Week," "The Baltimore Sun," October 12, 1958, p. MA25, ill. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Antal Kampis, "Matisse," Budapest: Képzomuvészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata, 1959, pl. 21, ill. (Published as "Olajfák Között")
Edward H. Dwight, James Cahill and Susan Donahue, "Masters of Landscape: East and West," Utica, NY: The Widtman Press, Inc., 1963, pp. 65, 81, no. 61, ill. (Published as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, p. 183. (Published as "Oliviers")
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 35, 67, no. 51, ill. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Jean Guichard-Meili, "Henri Matisse, Son Oeuvre, Son Univers," Paris: Fernand Hazan Editeur, 1967, pp. 95, 249, fig. 86, ill. (Published as "Artiste dans les oliviers")
Jean Guichard-Meili, "Matisse," New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967, pp. 95, 247, no. 86, ill. (Published as "Artist Among Olive Trees")
Lawrence Gowing, "Matisse," London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1968, pp. 119, 165, 170, no. 91, ill. (Published as "The Artist in the Olive Grove")
Massimo Carrà and Mario Luzi, "L'opera di Matisse dalla rivolta 'fauve' all'intimismo 1904-1928," Milan: Rizzoli 1971, pp. 102, 113, 114, no. 386, ill. (Published as "Pittore Fra Gli Olivi")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 24. (Published as "Artist in the Olive Grove")
Pierre Schneider, Massimo Carrà and Xavier Deryng, "Tout l'Oeuvre Peint de Matisse 1904-1928," Paris: Flammarion, 1982, pp. 102, 115, no. 386, ill. (Published as "Le Peintre dans un Bois d'Oliviers")
Nicholas Watkins, "Matisse," Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1984, pp. 147, 235, 238, pl. 130, ill. (Published as "Henriette painting under the Olive Trees")
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 109, 112, 113, 159, 175, 198, 201, ill. p. 113.
Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade, "Henri Matisse The Early Years in Nice 1916-1930," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987, pp. 174, 316, 334, no. 125, ill. (Published as "Peintre dans les oliviers/Painter in the Olive Grove")
Jacqueline and Maurice Guillaud, "Matisse: Le Rythme et la Ligne," Paris: Guillaud Editions, 1987, pp. 188, 645, pl. 183, ill. (Published as "Le peintre dans un bois d'oliviers")
Bernier, Rosamond. Matisse, Picasso, Miró: As I Knew Them. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991, page 2.
Matisu no rozario reihaido = Henri Matisse, La Chapelle du Rosaire, vol. 2. Kyoto: Korinsha, 1996, plate 25 (published as “Le peintre dans les oliviers”).
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 75, 159, no. 28, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, p. 33, ill.
Jack Flam, "Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Poetics of Vision," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 54-55, 63, pl. 18, ill.
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, Sotheby's, London, Monday, June 21, 2004, Lot 44, pp. 142-143, ill. p. 143. (Published as "Peintre dans les oliviers")
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 40, 76, pl. 16, ill.
J. S. Marcus, "On Two Coasts, Treasures of Americans in Paris," "The Wall Street Journal," April 30, 2011, n.p., ill.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower left in paint, "Henri.Matisse" Verso: The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the verso. Frame Inscriptions Verso: Left vertical rail in black grease pencil, "4554H" Center of bottom horizontal rail in graphite, "(M. Matisse)" Top of right vertical rail in blue pencil, "3245"
On View at the BMA
