The original oil painting Arab Coffee house by Henri Matisse is part of the collection at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. This oil painting was created in 1913 after the artist’s first trip to Morocco. This marked a distinctive change in Matisse’s work, a move away from the Fauve style he was known for since 1905: As well as a move away from the more sexual themes (nude women) he had favored before. This in itself denotes the artist’s move toward a more mature approach to his work. Indeed, Matisse began to focus on awareness.

Matisse returned from his trip to Morocco in 1913 and it was then that he began to produce some of the most enigmatic and experimental oil paintings of his career. Arab Coffee house is abstract, simple and geometrically composed with the minimum amount of descriptive detail required to understand the painting.

The blue grey dominant color gives this oil painting a calm and cool feel which would bring a relaxed and peaceful ambience to any room. If this is what you seek to gain from the wall art you choose then Arab coffee House would be an excellent choice. The reproduction we offer is high quality and hand painted by skilled professional artists: A serene work of art that would grace any room.