It was painted in 1910.
Derain was a trusted colleague of Matisse, who also painted a portrait of Matisse. Why should they not?
Andre Derain met Henri Matisse at the studio of Eugine Carriere. And as an aside, he introduced Matisse to Vlamick to a van Gogh exhibition in 1901.
Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Rouault
They were expressionists. the group around Matisse were called the Fauves or fauvists.
Andre Derain was a French painter and contemporary of Henri Matisse. Derain worked for much of his life in France, though he spent time in the Mediterranean and other parts of Europe as well.
(Please, do not write questions in the answer box!) In the early 1900s Matisse worked with André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck and Georges Braque.
A bold use of unrealistc colors.
Derain, Vlaminck, and the other kid, Rouault.
The Fauves names were, Henri Matisse, Maurice De Vlaminck, Andre Derain, Georges Braque and Raoul Dufy.
His colleagues Derain and Vlaminck worked together with him. Picasso was his friend and rival.
Henri Matisse, Maurice De Vlaminick, Georges Braque, Georges Rouault, Raoul Dufy and Derain.
For instance Picasso. And Matisse's colleagues in the Fauves group: Derain, Vlaminck, Dufy, van Dongen. All those in France. There were, of course, important groups in Germany: Der Blaue Reiter, and Die Brücke.