This video [3:25] discusses Henri Matisse's, Luxe, Calme et volupte, 1904, oil on canvas, 37 x 46 inches (Musee d'Orsay, Paris) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker Painted while the artist stayed with the pointillist painter, Signac, at his home in Saint-Tropez on the Cote d'Azur. Matisse's title comes from Charles Baudelaire's poem, L'invitation au voyage (Invitation To A Voyage) from his collection, The Flowers of Evil. Luxe, Calme et volupte translates just as it sounds in English, Luxury, calm, and voluptuous(ness).