Still Life with a Red Rug 1906

"Still Life with a Red Rug" (1906) by Henri Matisse is a vibrant example of the artist's Fauvist style. The painting features a bold composition of a red rug, a watermelon, a bowl of fruit, and a patterned fabric draped across the table. Matisse's use of pure, vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes gives the work a sense of energy and spontaneity, characteristic of the Fauvist movement. The simplified forms and flattened space further contribute to the painting's decorative and expressive quality.