Société des Artistes Indépendants
Matisse and Derain shocked the French public again at the March 1907 Société des Artistes Indépendants when Matisse exhibited his painting "Blue Nude" and Derain contributed "The Bathers". Both paintings evoke ideas of human origins (world beginnings, evolution) an increasingly important theme in Paris at this time. The "Blue Nude" was one of the paintings that would later create an international sensation at the Armory Show of 1913 in New York City.