Henri Matisse
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 12: A man uses a laptop computer in Sotheby's auction house next to 'Etude Pour Figure Decorative Sur Fond Ornemental' by Henri Matisse which is expected to fetch in excess of 2 million GBP on April 12, 2012 in London, England. The painting is on view alongside 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch which is on public exhibition in London for the first time prior to the 'Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale' at Sotheby’s New York on May 2, 2012 where it is expected to fetch in excess of 50 million GBP.
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Emily Carr exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton
“Pictures should be inspired by nature,” wrote Emily Carr, “but made in the soul of the artist.” That thought, expressed in 1912, makes Carr sound like a 19th-century Romanticist. But she balanced such thoughts by painting in a simplified modern style at from Hamilton Spectator Read more »
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‘The Dance’ and the missing molding
May 30, 2012, 8:53 am In March I raised questions about whether the Barnes Foundation should have moved Henri Matisse’s apparently site-specific mural The Dance (1932-33). The Barnes not only refused to answer questions about its moving of The Dance, it from ArtInfo Read more »
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Henri Matisse Paper Cut-Outs
I recently read an article about Alex Matisse, whose great-grandfather was Henri Matisse, exhibiting at the American Craft Council Show in Atlanta. The article mentions the paper cut outs which Henri Matisse created later in his life - something I had co from About.com: Arts / Crafts Business Read more »
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Outside the Barnes, a smaller-scale draw
Sitting at a table in the shade of sycamore trees outside the new Barnes museum, Isabella Royal, 5, was a tiny picture of concentration Saturday morning. Henri Matisse’s The Red Madras Headdress was on display inside, but Isabella was peering at a from Philadelphia Inquirer Read more »
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Matisse among highlights of summer exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore The Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Saturday to Sept. 30 (Starting May 27, and continuing throughout the summer to Sept. 30, the gallery will be open late to 9 p.m. every Sunday.) Tic from Vancouver Sun Read more »
