Picasso and Matisse have a lot of 20th century atr peices that is reconized for its messages and sence of feeling that the peice brings to them. the message behind this picture is he belived that art could visually exspress music and was created one day when at church looking around and listing to the chour sing and closed his eyes and start thinking. This was the first modern abstraction. he was inspired by the radiantly colorful churches and hiomes of his native russia. he said that the colors made beatiful music together.