Where can you see Henri Matisse in Amsterdam?

At the Stedelijk Museum: The Parakeet and the Mermaid and Odalisque. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Henri Matisse's most famous work in Amsterdam?

The Parakeet and the Mermaid, of 1952, at the Stedelijk Museum. A long frieze of cut paper: green and blue leaves, fruit, a parakeet and a swimming mermaid on a white wall.

When and where was Henri Matisse born?

On 31 December 1869, at Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. Henri Matisse died on 3 November 1954, at Nice, France, aged about 85.

What is Henri Matisse known for?

The Parakeet and the Mermaid is in the Stedelijk. Made his paper cut-outs from his bed and his wheelchair. Painted odalisques in Nice in the 1920s. Henri Matisse was a French painter, of Fauvism.

Painter, 1869 to 1954

Henri Matisse

In his last years, too ill to stand at the easel, Matisse cut shapes from painted paper and had them pinned to his walls. The Stedelijk has one of the largest, a garden of leaves, fruit, a bird and a mermaid.

Born: 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died: 1954, Nice, France
Movement: Fauvism
In Amsterdam: 2 works in 1 museum

Where to see Henri Matisse in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Stedelijk Museum2 works

The Parakeet and the Mermaid
1952
A long frieze of cut paper: green and blue leaves, fruit, a parakeet and a swimming mermaid on a white wall.
Odalisque
1920 to 1921
A woman reclining among patterned fabrics, from the years he spent painting in Nice.

The life of Henri Matisse

From the 1940s Matisse, after an operation that left him weak, drew with scissors, cutting shapes from paper painted with gouache, which his assistants pinned up under his direction.

The Parakeet and the Mermaid, made in 1952, was made for the walls of his apartment in Nice. The Stedelijk also has one of the odalisques he painted there in the 1920s.

What to know

The Parakeet and the Mermaid is in the Stedelijk
Made his paper cut-outs from his bed and his wheelchair
Painted odalisques in Nice in the 1920s

Born: 31 December 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died: 3 November 1954, Nice, France

Henri Matisse: common questions

Where can you see Henri Matisse in Amsterdam?: At the Stedelijk Museum: The Parakeet and the Mermaid and Odalisque. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Henri Matisse's most famous work in Amsterdam?: The Parakeet and the Mermaid, of 1952, at the Stedelijk Museum. A long frieze of cut paper: green and blue leaves, fruit, a parakeet and a swimming mermaid on a white wall.
When and where was Henri Matisse born?: On 31 December 1869, at Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. Henri Matisse died on 3 November 1954, at Nice, France, aged about 85.
What is Henri Matisse known for?: The Parakeet and the Mermaid is in the Stedelijk. Made his paper cut-outs from his bed and his wheelchair. Painted odalisques in Nice in the 1920s. Henri Matisse was a French painter, of Fauvism.