Albert Matignon’s Morphine combines three female figures, dim lamplight, satin fabrics, bourgeois décor, and states of unconsciousness to explore addiction, decadence, femininity, and the darker interior of modern life.
Matisse’s The Invalid transforms a small domestic sickroom into a study of vulnerability, caregiving, rest, and uncertain recovery through thick brushwork and warm-cool color contrasts.
Water lilies, reflections, and shifting colour dissolve the traditional landscape into a horizonless surface of perception, light, memory, and visual movement.