Henri Matisse
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In 1930, as Henri Matisse (1869-1954) embarked on The Dance, a monumental mural commissioned by the American collector Albert C. Barnes, he began experimenting in ways that would permanently change the nature of his work. The use of pre-painted cut papers to lay out his compositions led to a new style of flat tones and bold shapes. He also increasingly used serial imagery to make visible his creative process, aiming to capture the flux of his own...
Author
Language
English
Description
It is hard to believe today that Matisse was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false and often damaging. Throughout his life and afterward people fantasized about his models and circulated baseless fabrications about his private life. Fifty years after...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and work of the turn-of-the-20th-century French artist imagines his art-inspired childhood and growth into becoming one of the most admired artists in the world.
17) Matisse's garden
Author
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This collaboration between Friedman, an assistant curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and Milan-based illustrator Amodeo, focuses on the artist's exploration of cut-paper collage."--Publisher.
