Charlotte Wilkins

Henri Matisse, Goldfish, 1912, oil on canvas, 146 x 97 cm (Pushkin Museum of Art, Moscow) — To say that Matisse “had a thing for goldfish” would be kind of an understatement.

A-Level: Henri Matisse, Goldfish

Henri Matisse, Goldfish

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