The Look in the Eye -- To Lydia in “Portrait of Lydia Delectorskaya” painted by Matisse (1947) Somehow smiling eyes Yellow and blue taking up half and half of the colors About the half of it is really easy to put into words In orange background tensed up surrounded by green The dark shadows that wobble are so warm Note on the Muse: Lydia Delectorskaya, who escapes Russia all by herself in 1932. ..
