French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own career ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art curator-at-large Dr. Denise Murrell stands near Henri Matisse's "Woman in White." The Des Moines Art Center has plenty of interesting works in its permanent collection. Now ...
Eclectic, personal, and vibrant, “Matisse in the Studio” at the Museum of Fine Arts offers you the chance to delve into Henri Matisse’s whimsical world of figures, patterns, and objects. The new ...
Henri Matisse was born in 1869 and became one of art history’s most famous figures. His masterpieces, from early Fauvist works through to his cut-outs period which he viewed as “cutting into pure ...
Henri Matisse encouraged his favorite model to become a painter like him It’s hard to be precise about what’s going on in this deceptively simple 1924 picture by Henri Matisse. In French, it’s called ...
Henri Matisse, “ Le cheval, l’écuyère, et le clown (The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown),” plate V of XX, from Jazz, 1947, Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper, 16 3/4” x 25 3/5” (© 2015 Succession H.
Henri Matisse's 1940 oil painting "Interior with an Etruscan Vase." (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Around 1922, in his apartment at Nice, right along France’s balmy Mediterranean shore, Henri ...
Henri Matisse’s (1869–1954) final years were full of turmoil. Following a separation from his wife and the outbreak of World War II, the French artist was diagnosed with intestinal cancer, which ...
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Henri Matisse (1869–1954). Two genius painters representing the 20th century. Symbols of ‘Cubism’ and ‘Fauvism.’ Yet, their relationship defies simple summary. Though ...