Profiles Matisse's career as a sculptor from the late nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century, illuminating his view of life through a study of his works

The Sculpture of Henri Matisse (English and French Edition)

Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle

Thames&Hudson

THE SCULPTURE OF HENRI MATISSE

Arts Council of Great Britain in association with Thames and Hudson

Matisse Picasso

Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso have long been seen as the twin giants of modern art, as polar opposites but also as complementary figures. Between them they are the originators of many of the most significant innovations of 20th-century painting and sculpture, but their relationship has rarely been explored in all of its closeness and complexity. In spite of their initial rivalry, the two masters eventually acknowledged one another as equals, becoming, in their old age, increasingly important to one another both artistically and personally. From the time of their initial encounters in 1906 in Gertrude and Leo Stein's Paris studio until 1917, they individually produced some of the greatest art of the 20th century and maintained an openly competitive relationship brimming with intense innovation. This period saw them create such works as Picasso's majestic "Woman with a Fan" of 1908 and Matisse's great portrait of his wife of 1913. Matisse responds to Synthetic Cubism in his "Piano Lesson" of 1916 and Picasso comes back in turn with a new, more decorative Cubism in "Three Musicians" of 1921. The 20s saw them grow apart, as Matisse moved from Paris to Nice and Picasso became involved with the Surrealists, but the 30s brought them together again, through their sheer fame and devotion to reality-based art. Their story continues until Matisse's death in 1954, when Picasso paid his friend and colleague tribute in his series Women of Algiers, of which he said, "When Matisse died, he left his odalisques to me as a legacy." Matisse Picasso presents the artists' oeuvres in groupings that reveal the affinities but also the extreme contrasts of their artistic visions. Published to accompany the landmark exhibition, a joint effort of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Tate Modern, London; the Raunion des musaes nationaux/Musae Picasso and the Musae national d'art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Matisse Picasso is the first major examination of the fascinating relationships between their art, their careers, and their lives. Thirty-four essays, each by a member of the exhibition's curatorial team, focus on a particular moment in the artists' evolving relationship. The authors present in-depth analyses of specific aspects of the unique artistic dialogue between Matisse and Picasso as reflected in selected juxtapositions of each artist's works. These texts are accompanied by an introductory history, commentary on the public perception of important artistic relationships, and an extensive chronology.

Arts & Photography

Matisse, Henri

Cowling, Elizabeth

Baldassari, Anne

Golding, John

PICASSO, Pablo

Individual Artists

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Braque, the papiers collés

National Gallery of Art

This work accompanies an exhibition organised, in partnership, by Tate Modern, the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, and the Museum of Modern Art. It examines the crucial relationship between Matisse and Picasso. The introduction explains the way in which the work of each artist both inspired and often provoked the other. The illustrations of the paintings and sculptures are grouped in sections, each accompanied by an introductory text, with the intention of demonstrating evidence of artistic encounters between Matisse and Picasso over the course of their careers. In fact later in life Picasso himself stated that time would show that he and Matisse had been following very similar paths during the years that had established their individual artistic supremacy.

VARNEDOE, Kirk

Elderfield,John

History & Criticism

Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd

Roland David Smith (March 9, 1906 - May 23, 1965) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor and painter, best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures.

David smith

CENTRE POMPIDOU

Georges Braque, les papiers collés: [exposition], 17 juin-27 septembre 1982, [Paris], Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne : [catalogue (French Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Le Musée

The sleeping model has inspired visual artists from Bonnard to Balthus, Vuillard, Valloton, Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi, Dalí, Masson and many others, for more than a century. This publication brings together some 50 works by various artists that feature a figure reposed in deep slumber.

Sleeping Beauties: From Bonnard to Balthus

Clair, Jean

GENTY, Gilles

Silvana Editoriale

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