Women in the Interior I Museums Without Borders

A seated woman in an interior setting is a common scene featured in artworks stretching across styles and mediums. In this episode, we look at two artworks–a painting by Henri Matisse from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s collection and one by KG Subramanyan from MAP’s collection, in an attempt to unpack this iconography.

 

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Title BreakfastWoman in the Blue Room
Artist(s) Henri Matisse K.G. Subramanyan
Dates 19201981
Places Europe / Western Europe / France Asia / South Asia / India
Period, Culture, Style Modernisms / Fauvism Contemporary
Artwork Type Painting Painting
Material Oil paint, Canvas Glass
Technique

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Cite this page as: Museum of Art and Photography | MAP, "Women in the Interior I Museums Without Borders," in Smarthistory, September 10, 2022, accessed April 20, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/map-women-interiors/.