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Author Brown, Kathryn (Kathryn J.), author.

Title Henri Matisse / Kathryn Brown
Published London : Reaktion Books, 2021
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations
Series Critical Lives
Critical lives.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Seeds -- 2. The wild man and the professor -- 3. Friends and rivals -- 4. Hedonism -- 5. Another space -- 6. Drawing with scissors -- Conclusions
Summary Henri Matisse's experiments with form and color revolutionized the twentieth-century art world. In this concise critical biography, Kathryn Brown explores Matisse's long career, beginning with his struggles as a student in Paris and culminating in his celebrated use of paper cutouts and stained glass in the last decade of his life. The book challenges various myths about Matisse and offers a fresh perspective on his creativity and legacy. Chapters explore the artist's enthusiasm for fashion and cinema, his travels, personal ties, interest in African art, love of literature, and willingness to challenge audience expectations. Through close readings of Matisse's works, Brown offers new insight into the artist's friendships and battles with dealers, critics, collectors, and fellow artists
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2021)
Subject Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954.
SUBJECT Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 fast
Subject Painters -- France -- Biography
Biography & Autobiography -- General.
Biography & Autobiography -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
Art -- Individual Artists -- General.
Painters
France
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789143829
1789143829