View of Notre-Dame is an oil painting by Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...

 from 1914. Along with works such as Woman on a High Stool

Woman on a High Stool

Woman on a High Stool is an oil painting by the French artist Henri Matisse from early 1914. It is a portrait of Germaine Raynal, who was married to Maurice Raynal, an art critic. The piece is influenced by analytical cubism....

, it belongs to the "experimental period" of Matisse's oeuvre. Pentimenti reveal that it was originally painted in a more detailed manner before it was radically simplified into a geometric composition. It was not exhibited until after Matisse's death, but proved a great influence upon later developments in painting.