Fauvist shocks hang here beside hushed studio interiors and canvases that drift toward abstraction. Pick the one you'd stand in front of longest.
1DanceA 1910 canvas of five red dancers in a ring, commissioned by Sergei Shchukin and held by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.1000pts
2The Dinner TableAn 1897 dinner-table interior whose Impressionist light drew hostile reviews at that year's Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts salon.785pts
3Woman with a HatFauvist portrait of the artist's wife Amélie, shown at the 1905 Salon d'Automne and now at SFMOMA.750pts
4The Red StudioA 1911 view of Matisse's Issy-les-Moulineaux studio flooded in Venetian red, in the Museum of Modern Art's collection since 1949.700pts
5MusicThe 1910 companion to Dance for Shchukin's Moscow mansion, showing five figures playing and singing, held by the Hermitage.642pts
6Piano LessonA 1916 canvas of the artist's son Pierre at the piano in the family home at Issy-les-Moulineaux, now at MoMA.642pts
7French Window at CollioureA 1914 Collioure window whose central black band covers an earlier balcony view, held by the Centre Pompidou.642pts
8Interior with EggplantsA 1911 patterned interior in fragile glue-based distemper, sent by Matisse to the Musée de Grenoble in 1922.576pts
9Goldfish and PaletteA 1914 studio composition pairing a goldfish bowl with the artist's palette, painted on the Quai Saint-Michel and now at MoMA.576pts
10Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirtA 1906 self-portrait in a striped sailor's jersey, held by the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.500pts
11The MoroccansA 1915–16 painting recalling Morocco in three zones of architecture, still life and figures, held by the Museum of Modern Art.500pts
12The ConversationA 1908–12 face-off between Matisse in striped pyjamas and his seated wife, bought by Shchukin and now at the Hermitage.500pts
13Portrait of André DerainA 1905 Collioure portrait of fellow Fauve André Derain, held by Tate in London.409pts
14GoldfishA 1912 still life of orange goldfish in a glass bowl surrounded by plants, held by the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.409pts
15Open Window, CollioureA 1905 view of boats in the harbour through Matisse's window in Collioure, now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.409pts
16The Dessert: Harmony in RedA 1908 dining-room scene for Russian collector Sergei Shchukin, first painted in blue-green before Matisse reworked it in red; now at the Hermitage.409pts
17The Young Sailor IIA 1906 Collioure portrait of a local young fisherman set against a flat pink ground, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.409pts
18Luxe, Calme et VoluptéA 1904 pointillist beach scene painted after a summer with Paul Signac in Saint-Tropez, titled after a Baudelaire poem and held by the Musée d'Orsay.300pts
19The Green StripeA 1905 portrait of Amélie Matisse split by a green stripe down her face, held by the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.300pts
20Zorah on the TerraceA 1912 portrait of a young Moroccan woman, the centre panel of Matisse's Moroccan triptych at the Pushkin Museum.300pts
21Le Bonheur de vivreA 1905–06 pastoral of nudes in a vividly coloured landscape, shown at the 1906 Salon des Indépendants and now at the Barnes Foundation.300pts
22View of Notre-DameA 1914 near-abstract view of Notre-Dame from Matisse's studio window on the Quai Saint-Michel, held by MoMA.300pts
23Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra)A 1907 reclining nude recalling Matisse's trip to Biskra in Algeria, part of the Cone Collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art.0pts
24Window at TangierA 1912 view over Tangier from the Hôtel Villa de France, the left panel of the Moroccan triptych at the Pushkin Museum.0pts
25Bathers by a RiverA monumental canvas of four stylized nudes begun in 1909 and finished in 1917, held by the Art Institute of Chicago.0pts
26Odalisque with Red CulottesA 1921 odalisque painted in Nice and bought by the French state in 1922, now at the Centre Pompidou.0pts
