Sign in to favourite Sign in to add to album Geographical notes close Places are defined in terms of modern geography. Copyright Information close This artwork is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. If you are a copyright owner of this artwork, or his/hers legal representative, and you do not agree that this artwork is public domain, please let us know wikipaintings@gmail.com WikiArt.org allows unlimited copying, distributing and displaying of the images of public domain artworks. Artworks protected by copyright are supposed to be used only for contemplation. Images of that type of artworks are prohibited for copying, printing, or any kind of reproducing and communicating to public since these activities may be considered copyright infringement. Public domain US ← → Luxe, calme et volupté Henri Matisse Date: 1904 - 1905 Style: Pointillism Genre: genre painting Media: oil, canvas Dimensions: 118 x 98 cm Location: Georges Pompidou Center, Paris, France References: www.theartstory.org The title of this painting is taken from the refrain of Charles Baudelaire's poem, Invitation to a Voyage (1857), in which a man invites his lover to travel with him to paradise. The landscape is likely based on the view from Paul Signac's house in Saint-Tropez, where Matisse was vacationing. Most of the women are nude (in the manner of a traditional classical idyll), but one woman - thought to represent the painter's wife - wears contemporary dress. This is Matisse's only major painting in the Neo-Impressionist mode, and its technique was inspired by the Pointillism of Paul Signac and Georges Seurat. He differs from the approach of those painters, however, in the way in which he outlines figures to give them emphasis. Henri Matisse Famous works A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon Henri Matisse · 1902 Luxe, calme et volupté Henri Matisse · 1904 - 1905 Woman with a Hat Henri Matisse · 1905 The Joy of Life Henri Matisse · 1905 - 1906 The Young Sailor II Henri Matisse · 1906 The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) Henri Matisse · 1907 Dance (II) Henri Matisse · 1910 Music Henri Matisse · 1910 Moroccan Café Henri Matisse · 1912 - 1913 Bathers by a River Henri Matisse · 1909 - 1916 The Moroccans Henri Matisse · 1915 - 1916 The Dance Henri Matisse · 1932 - 1933 The Circus Henri Matisse · 1943 Icarus Henri Matisse · 1943 - 1944 White Torso and Blue Torso Henri Matisse · 1944 The Beasts of the Sea Henri Matisse · 1950 Blue Nude II Henri Matisse · 1952 The King's Sadness Henri Matisse · 1952 The Snail Henri Matisse · 1953 La gerbe Henri Matisse · 1953 View all 950 artworks Related Artworks The happy family Pablo Picasso Family of jugglers Pablo Picasso Mother and child (Baladins) Pablo Picasso Family of acrobats (study) Pablo Picasso A bank of canal Pablo Picasso Boy with a Dog Pablo Picasso The bread carrier Pablo Picasso Seated fat clown Pablo Picasso Acrobat and young harlequin Pablo Picasso Family of Acrobats with Monkey Pablo Picasso Young Woman Seated on the Grass Pierre-Auguste Renoir Family of acrobats (Jugglers) Pablo Picasso At "Lapin Agile" (Harlequin with Glass) Pablo Picasso Girl on the ball Pablo Picasso Hurdy-gurdy Pablo Picasso From Thuringewald Edvard Munch Harlequin's family Pablo Picasso Young acrobat and clown Pablo Picasso The three dutchwoman Pablo Picasso A horsewoman Pablo Picasso 1 Load more Advertisement.