Matisse : in search of true painting
Title:
Matisse : in search of true painting
Author:
Aagesen, Dorthe
Rabinow, Rebecca A.
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954
Statens museum for kunst (Denmark)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN:
9780300188578
Publication Information:
London : Yale University Press, c2012
Physical Description:
xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-251) and index.
"... published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen from July 14 through October 28, 2012, and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 4, 2012, through March 17, 2013.
Abstract:
More than most artists, Henri Matisse conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works, continually questioning himself and his methods in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting". This book examines sixty works and more than five decades in a series of chapters by Matisse scholars from the United States and Europe.
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| Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 -- Exhibitions |
Summary:
More than most artists, Henri Matisse conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works, continually questioning himself and his methods in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting". This book examines sixty works and more than five decades in a series of chapters by Matisse scholars from the United States and Europe.