
Matisse
In Search of True Painting
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Publisher)
Published on 18. September 2012
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-300-18497-6 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout his long career, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) continually expanded the boundaries of his art. By repeating images in pairs, trios, and series, he conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting." In this fresh approach to a much-studied artist, prominent scholars from the United States and Europe examine more than sixty works in concise chapters that focus on this aspect of Matisse's working process. From early pairs such as Young Sailor I and II (1907-8) through a series of late studio scenes from Venice (1946-48), Matisse is shown revisiting a given theme with the aim of devising innovative, often radical, solutions to such problems as how to portray light, handle paint, select colors, and manipulate perspective. New technical studies of the early paired works and photographs documenting the evolution of his later paintings help to elucidate Matisse's complex evolution. In numerous excerpts from letters and interviews, he is revealed as an artist who regularly questioned himself and his methods, a man of powerful intellect who regarded each new painting as an adventure. A significant addition to art historical literature, Matisse: In Search of True Painting is a revelatory study of a seminal figure in 20th-century modernism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
153 color + 53 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 229 mm
Weight
1520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-18497-6 (9780300184976)
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Persons
Dorthe Aagesen is curator and senior researcher at the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Rebecca Rabinow is curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.