Painting was ecstasy for Henri Matisse. Color worked on his eyes and gut like a self-renewing first crush. But between about 1905 and 1917, he was on the rack. His experiments on canvas broke so ...
The objects in the painting are brought together in a spectacular show at the Museum of Modern Art. It’s a marvel of detective work by the curators. By Roberta Smith The Museum of Modern Art’s latest ...
Matisse, Henri Matisse, “Interior with Egyptian Curtain” (1948). Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 35 1/8 inches. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (Click to enlarge) (Image via phillipscollection.org) ...
It’s impossible for contemporary audiences to experience those startlingly original modernist works that altered the course of art history the way viewers did when they were first exhibited. We can’t ...
Image Size 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches 14 3/8 x 17 1/8 inches ...
In this haphazard study, Morocco author Koehler wraps multiple historical narratives around two trips that French painter Henri Matisse (1869–1954) took to Morocco. Matisse, a prominent member of the ...