The Music Lesson (Matisse)
| The Music Lesson | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1917 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 245.1 cm × 210.8 cm (96.5 in × 83.0 in) |
| Location | The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia |
The Music Lesson (French: La leçon de musique) is a 1917 oil painting by Henri Matisse. It is on display at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This work is a family portrait depicting the artist's relatives around a Pleyel piano and a window in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The theme is a much more naturalistic recreation of The Piano Lesson, created the previous year in large colored sections, which is now at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.