# @sfmoma on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZSphHrlKPW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66544380-sfmoma-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-07T16:28:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SFMOMA (@sfmoma) — https://gondola.cc/sfmoma

## Caption

Rendezvous with Amélie Matisse ✨

Over their 41-year marriage, Amélie Matisse became one of Henri Matisse’s most important models and muses. She played a central role in Matisse’s artistic evolution, supporting his artistic ambitions while building a creative practice of her own as a milliner.

In “Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal,” we look at Amélie’s life, role, and contributions outside of being one of her husband’s most important and consequential muses. 

Explore Amélie’s rarely told story and see the birth of Fauvism in “Matisse’s Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal,” open now 🌷

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Amélie Matisse in Ajaccio, Corsica, France, 1898; Courtesy Archives Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse, “Corsican Landscape,” 1898; SFMOMA, bequest of Harriet Lane Levy 

Henri Matisse, “Jeune femme assise de dos Mme. Matisse” (Young Woman Seated from behind—Madame Matisse), 1905; The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, NY

Henri Matisse, “Open Window, Collioure,” 1905; National Gallery of Art, collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney; © 2026 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Henri Matisse, “La Japonaise au bord de l’eau” (La Japonaise: Woman beside the Water), 1905; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchase and anonymous gift; © 2026 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: © The Museum of Modern Art / /Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY

The Matisse family in Collioure, France, 1907. From left: Henri, Amélie, and Marguerite Matisse; Courtesy Archives Henri Matisse 

Henri Matisse, “Femme au chapeau” (Woman with a Hat), 1905; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, bequest of Elise S. Haas; photo: Glen Cheriton for SFMOMA

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