Matisse "Reclining Nude I" Sculpture

Henri Matisse created this small sculpture titled "Reclining Nude I" which artist Jay Rolfe saw on a recent visit to the Baltimore Museum of Art, at the same time he painted "The Blue Nude" in 1907. See the March 17, 2008 post on this blog for a photo of "The Blue Nude." The Baltimore Museum of Art really is a gem!

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's signature style, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

Matisse's "Blue Nude"

On Friday artist Jay Rolfe visited the Baltimore Museum of Art again. They have one of the best collections in the world of Matisse paintings, part of the Cone collection. One painting I missed on my previous visit because it was out on loan was the famous "Blue Nude" by Henri Matisse. It's a large painting done in 1907. Imagine a very proper female physician from Baltimore buying that at that time.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's signature style, his innovative 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.