The Painter and His Model

The Painter and His Model (French titles: Le Peintre dans son atelier, Le peintre et son modèle, l'Atelier, quai Saint-Michel) is a work by Henri Matisse painted late 1916, early 1917.

It is currently in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

This painting belongs to the series of Matisse's studio with views of l'Île de la Cité and the Pont Saint-Michel.

Art historian Jack Flam further emphasizes the color ratios (the use of black) and composition between the canvas and the MNAM painting and two of the most important works of 1916, Les Demoiselles à la rivière and Les Marocains.

These arguments lead to the conclusion that The Painter and His Model was painted by Matisse toward the end of 1916, and possibly finished early 1917.

The Painter and His Model , 1916–17, oil on canvas, 146.5 x 97 cm, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Laurette in a green robe , the painting Matisse portrayed himself working on in The Painter and His Model