Matisse: In the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
The works that Henri Matisse (1869–1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic.
This book examines the working method, experimental techniques, and compositional choices Matisse used in works created between 1913 and 1917.
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"...to devote my life to the essential thing-- the thing for which I am made and which can bring a little happiness to the great family, the greatest spiritual family."--Matisse...
Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. Hilary Spurling's The Unknown...
Chronicles the life and career of Henri Matisse, a French artist noted for his use of color and draftsmanship, and features reproductions of selected works he completed between 1897 and 1948. Includes a time line.
Includes bibliographical references (page 310) and index.
New technical studies of the early paired works and photographs documenting the evolution of his later paintings help to elucidate Matisse's complex evolution.
This richly illustrated book draws upon Lawrence Gowing's earlier writings on Matisse, including a study described by Albert Elsen as 'one of the finest, most perceptive and inspired essays' on...
These books invite the reader on a journey through the most famous paintings in the history of art.
The relationship between the great Post-Impressionist artist Henri Matisse and his son, influential art dealer Pierre Matisse, is at the heart of this deftly revealing and moving biography, now in paperback. 96 illustrations, 48 in full ...
The most sensual artist and the greatest colourist of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse was leader of the Fauvism movement in Paris, subsequently engaging with both Cubism and the decorative...
Describes how Matisse turned paper cut-outs into works of art. Provides sheets of paper and instructions so that children can make similar cut-outs.
This catalogue devoted to Matisse's late work--a period he described as his 'second life'--sheds exceptional new light on the artist through his correspondence with the writer André Rouveyre. Beginning with...
Matisse: Lithographs
While focusing primarily on color reproductions of Matisse's most famous paintings, this book also gives a biographical sketch of the famous French artist.
Among his most famous works, this book includes Luxe, calme et volupté, Le Bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life), Self-Portrait in a Striped Shirt, Blue Nude (Memory of Biskra), Bathers by a River, Harmony in Red, Dance I, Entrance to the ...
Tells the story of the artist Matisse designing the Chapelle du Rosaire.