亨利·马蒂斯《奢华II》

With its subject matter – three naked women in a landscape – and the title “le Luxe” the work inscribes itself into a long-standing tradition for depicting bathing women in a natural setting. The motif is a traditional image of untainted happiness in a mythical, paradisiacal Arcadia. Matisse was among the first of his generation to address the theme again, employing it in a new fashion. He created two versions of this motif on the exact same scale: LE LUXE I (Centre Pompidou, Paris) painted using oils and loose, dry brushstrokes, and LE LUXE II painted using distemper and large, uniformly coloured planes. Thus, he tested different modes of expression for the painting. Artists such as Derain and Picasso also reinterpreted the classic motif of bathing women, creating much outrage at official Parisian exhibitions.

这幅作品以“奢华”为题，描绘了三位裸体女性置身于自然景观中的场景，延续了描绘自然环境中沐浴女性的悠久传统。这一主题是神话般天堂般的阿卡迪亚中纯净幸福的传统意象。马蒂斯是他这一代人中最早重新诠释这一主题的艺术家之一，并以一种全新的方式呈现。他以完全相同的尺寸创作了这一主题的两个版本：《奢华I》(现藏于巴黎蓬皮杜中心)使用油画颜料和松散、干燥的笔触绘制，而《奢华II》则采用蛋彩画法和大面积均匀色块的表现形式。通过这种方式，他尝试了不同的绘画表达方式。德兰和毕加索等艺术家也重新诠释了沐浴女性的经典主题，在巴黎的官方展览中引起了巨大争议。