Introduction -- The paintings -- 1 The dinner table, 1896-7 -- 2 The invalid, 1899 -- 3 Male model, 1900 -- 4 Carmelina, 1903 -- 5 Luxe, calme et volupteé, 1904 -- 6 Open window, Collioure, 1905 -- 7 Woman with a hat, 1905 -- 8 Madame Matisse: The green line, 1905 -- 9 Young sailor II, 1906 -- 10 Self-portrait in a striped shirt, 1906 -- 11 Le bonheur de vivre (The joy of life), 1905-06 -- 12 Blue nude (memory of Biskra), 1907 -- 13 Le luxe II, 1907-08 -- 15 Bathers with a turtle, 1908 -- 16 Harmony in red, 1908 -- 17 Dance I, 1909 -- 18 Still life with 'dance', 1909 -- 19 Music, 1910 -- 20 Dance II, 1910 -- 21 The pink studio, 1911 -- 22 The painter's family, 1911 -- 23 Interior with aubergines, 1911 -- 24 The red studio, 1911 -- 25 Goldfish, 1912 -- 26 Goldfish and sculpture, 1912 -- 27 The conversation, 1908-12 -- 28 Seated riffian, 1912 -- 29 Entrance to the casbah, 1912-13 -- 30 Portrait of Madame Matisse, 1913 -- 31 View of Notre-Dame, 1914 -- 32 Portrait of Yvonne Landsberg, 1914 -- 33 French window at Collioue, 1914 -- 34 Goldfish and palette, 1914-15 -- 35 The Moroccans, 1915-16 -- 36 Gourds, 1916 -- 37 The piano lesson, 1916 -- 38 Bathers by a river, 1909-17 -- 39 Interior with a violin case, 1918-19 -- 40 Pianist and checker players, 1924 -- 41 Decorative figure on an ornamental ground, 1925-6 -- 42 Woman with a veil, 1927 -- 43 The dance (mural), 1932-3 -- 44 Large reclining nude (the pink nude), 1935 -- 45 The dream, 1940 -- 46 Still life with Magnolia, 1941 -- 47 Interior with an Egyptian curtain, 1948 -- 48 Memory of Oceania, 1951-2 -- 49 The swimming pool, 1952 -- 50 The snail, 1953 -- Notes on works -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Credits -- Acknowledgements.