Tag: Henri Matisse

Matisse, in his workshop in Nice, Place Charles-Félix, in a decor that he organized, a stage, shimmering fabrics, flowers... He sets up his easel and the magic happens. Arriving in Nice in 1917, Matisse made the Côte d'Azur his chosen land, he lived there and above all worked there until the end of his days ...

The Invention of Language: Shared Revolution of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso An exhibition at Paris’s Musée du Luxembourg traces the relationship between the American writer and the Spanish painter and their influences on 20th-century art and marks the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death in a place generally devoted to the broadly appealing celebration of ...

Musée du Luxembourg Exposition:  Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso — The Invention of Language To mark the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death, the Musée du Luxembourg is staging a major exhibition on the story of the extraordinary friendship between two 20th-century icons, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), a Jewish American ...

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra (Blue Nude: Souvenir de Biskra) oil on canvas 92.1 x 140.3 cm. (36 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.) Painted in 1907 Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Detail of Henri Matisse's Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra (Blue Nude: Souvenir de Biskra) In 1906, Matisse ...

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) Odalisque couchée aux magnolias signed ‘Henri - Matisse’ (lower right) oil on canvas 60.5 x 81.1 cm. (23 ¾ x 31 7/8 in.) Painted in Nice, 1923 Price Realised USD 80,750,000 at Christie's New York, 8 May 2018 Wanda de Guébriant has confirmed the authenticity of this work. Henri Matisse was ...

Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954) in the room-workshop of the old Régina Hotel on the Cimiez hill in Nice, sitting in his bed following paralysis, drawing the figures of the Vence chapel on the walls with a charcoal attached to a pole; taken by Walter Carone (Italy/France, 1920–1982) in April 1950