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Miss Wong was painted in the early 1950' in Cape Town

This dotty delight is a little harder and has 12 colours

with larger areas

and in these surroundings

Matisse: Interior with Etruscan Vase Abstract com/auction/25443/lot/30/vladimir-griegorovich-tretchikoff-south-african-1913-2006-fruits-of-bali/Henri Matisse is one of my favourite artists, his decorative, colourful style appeals to me. He caused quite an uproar in the art world in his early years with his bold use of colour and sometimes distorted forms. Although his paintings look effortless and joyful, he worked very hard and was very meticulous in studying a subject and composition. For instance, for his Pink Nude in 1935, he made about 22 or 23 paintings before finishing the final one.