Once used as fighting words during the recent PMA strike, “Matisse in the 1930s” opens, tracing a transformative decade in the life of Henri Matisse. File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening ...

Matisse’s mother was stranded behind enemy lines in his hometown, Bohain-en-Vermandois, France. His brother was sent to Germany as a prisoner of war. Henri had tried to enlist, twice, but he was ...

Henri Matisse’s (1869–1954) final years were full of turmoil. ... And yet, Matisse never surrendered his art to the distressing circumstances at hand.

Art Bites: The Matisse Painting That Sparked a Protest A century ago, a group of anti-Modernist art students staged a mock trial for the Fauvist. Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) (1907).

In the late 1940s, an infirm and increasingly despondent Henri Matisse made repeat journeys along the French Riviera from his hideaway in Vence to Antibes. It was a most peculiar pilgrimage. An ...

COLUMBIA — An upcoming exhibition at the Columbia Museum of Art is set to bring artwork from major players in the French modernist movement to South Carolina's capital city.. The exhibit, named ...

Facing a creative slump, Henri Matisse was transformed by a challenging commission. It changed the course of his life – and art history – forever, writes Diane Bernard.

Henri Matisse painted "Woman in White" in 1946. For now, the vibrant painting is one road, stopping stateside and then overseas. News Sports Opinion Business Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ...