Matisse, Henri 1869-1954 Art collections Search this
Physical description:
215 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm
Type:
Biography
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
France
Date:
2017
20th century
Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 9-July 9, 2017, and at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, August 5-November 12, 2017.
Contents:
Foreward / Matthew Teitelbaum and Christopher Le Brun -- Preface / Helen Burnham, Ann Dumas, and Ellen McBreen -- Living with objects / Marie-Thérèse Pulvenis de Seligny -- Matisse at work / Ellen McBreen -- The object as actor / Claudine Grammont -- African art and the nude / Helen Burnham -- Portraiture and masking / Suzanne Preston Blier -- The studio as theater / Ellen McBreen -- The mutability of objects and signs / Jack Flam -- Chronology / Ellen McBreen with Claudine Grammont and Hélène Ivanoff
Summary:
This book is the first in English to explore the essential role that Henri Matisse's personal collection of objects played in his studio practice. The artist traveled with his collection even to temporary residences, and letters to family members often included requests for objects to be moved to where he was working, revealing them to be critical creative stimulants. Featured frequently in the modern master's bold paintings, drawings and cutouts, and influencing the development of his work in sculpture, Matisse's objects formed a secret history hiding in plain sight.
