In the style of Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Woman with a Feathered Hat. 15.5 in. x 23.5 in.. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Important certificates and stamps verso including Galerie Simon with an inventory number 0589 and a Mathias Fels authentication stamp. Also a Musee d'Orsay exhibition stamp. Found 1980s in a Chicago art sale.

The remarkable career of Henri Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations (along with those of Pablo Picasso) fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters, spanned almost six and a half decades. His vast oeuvre encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts (as diverse as etchings, linocuts, lithographs, and aquatints), paper cutouts, and book illustration. His varied subjects comprised landscape, still life, portraiture, domestic and studio interiors, and particularly focused on the female figure.