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A reclining figure within an active room

The Blue Room places the clothed figure across a blue patterned surface, with striped trousers and surrounding fabric creating competing rhythms. The body remains distinct within the room’s abundant detail. Read our dedicated guide to The Blue Room for a closer look at this painting.

The body and the ordinary interior

After the Bath shows a figure from behind beside draped fabric and a folding screen. Dark outlines distinguish the body from the surrounding shapes without making the room disappear. Other nude and bathing subjects vary the pose, viewpoint and amount of domestic space included.

The face within a close frame

Self-Portrait brings the head and shoulders close against a dark background. The face and red clothing create a concentrated colour arrangement, offering a contrast with the larger reclining figures. Explore portrait art for other self-portraits and individual sitters.

Related artists and collections

Compare figures in Amedeo Modigliani and Egon Schiele, colour and pattern in Henri Matisse and intimate rooms in Pierre Bonnard. The wider nude collection offers further treatments of the body.

Read more in our guide to Suzanne Valadon.