Bathers with a Turtle

Bathers with a Turtle is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1907 to 1908, in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] In 1908 it has been acquired by Karl Ernst Osthaus[2] who included it into the Folkwang Museum in Hagen, Germany.[3] It was removed from being exhibited by the Nazis in 1937 and brought to Niederschönhausen Palace.[2] It was purchased for $2400 by Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in 1939 at an auction of art that the Nazi government considered "degenerate". The auction took place in the Grand Hotel National in Lucerne, Switzerland.[2] Pulitzer purchased it at the urging of Matisse's son Pierre Matisse, in order to prevent the artwork from being destroyed, despite the profit from the auction going to the Nazis.[3] Pulitzer later donated it to the art museum in Saint Louis.[4][5]

Bathers with a Turtle (Baigneuses), 1907–08, oil on canvas, 71½ × 87 in. (181.6 × 221 cm), Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis

References
  1. Saint Louis Art Museum, Henri Matisse, Bathers with a Turtle Archived February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Stein, Laurie A. (1998). "Bulletin of the St. Louis Art Museum". JSTOR. p. 74. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  3. Silva, Eddie (2000-04-12), ""Turtle" Diary", Riverfront Times
  4. Dennis Barrie (1978-01-11). "Joseph Pulitzer interview, 1978 Jan. 11". Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  5. Houpt, Simon; Radcliffe, Julian (2006), Museum of the missing: a history of art theft, Sterling Publishing Company, p. 40, ISBN 1-4027-2829-8
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