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Here’s a roundup of pieces, including reviews of past shows, that trace the life and career of the giant of modernism. When Henri Matisse sent “Le Bonheur de vivre” to the 1906 Salon des ...
After being introduced by Gertrude Stein in 1906, Matisse and Picasso spent decades exchanging gifts, ideas, and letters.
Henri Matisse (b.1869). At the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Great Works, In Focus A series featuring art critic Sebastian Smee’s favorite works in permanent collections around the United States.
For the last three weeks, the French modernist artist Henri Matisse, dead for 68 years, played a significant part in the contract negotiations between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its striking ...
A century ago, a mob of anti-modernist art students condemned Henri Matisse to death in a mock trial after seeing his paintings.
Meet Marguerite, Henri Matisse’s Eldest Daughter—and One of His Most Influential Models An exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris examines Marguerite’s indelible influence on her ...
The former home of the iconic French artist Henri Matisse has hit the market for $2.69 million. Located in Nice, France, on the stunning French Riviera, the two-bedroom, four-bathroom apartment ...
This upcoming showcase at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, however, is a particularly momentous event as it is the first large-scale Matisse retrospective Japan has seen in almost 20 years.
A traveling exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art in SC is set to give residents access to famous paintings from French artists like Henri Matisse and Monet.
I had so completely prepared for my exit from life that it seems to me that I am in a second life.” Matisse transformed himself by transforming his work and turning to collage.
Henri Matisse was a titan of 20th-century art and almost as many words have been written about his life and work as have about his friendly rival Pablo Picasso.