Matisse In 50 Works

Author : John Cauman
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781911595137

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Matisse: In 50 Works by John Cauman Pdf

This enthralling and comprehensive new book on Henri Matisse provides a fresh perspective for all students and art lovers interested in early twentieth-century art. Taking fifty of Matisse's most iconic works of art, expert John Cauman presents an accessible narrative about the man and his work, deciphering the themes, methods, and intentions of this truly great artist. Each painting, drawing, and mural is described and analyzed in specific detail, within the context of the period, so that the reader can truly understand what the artist was hoping to achieve with each work. Chronologically spanning from the late nineteenth century to the mid-1950s, the paintings are prefaced by an informative introduction that presents the milieu and key characters that featured in Matisse's life. Among his most famous works, this book includes Luxe, calme et volupté, Le Bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life), Self-Portrait in a Striped Shirt, Blue Nude (Memory of Biskra), Bathers by a River, Harmony in Red, Dance I, Entrance to the Casbah, Pianist and Checker Players, Still Life with a Magnolia, Memory of Oceania, and The Snail.

Author : Henri Matisse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1979-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0486238776

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Matisse Line Drawings and Prints by Henri Matisse Pdf

Author : Louise Rogers Lalaurie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 022675054X

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Matisse by Louise Rogers Lalaurie Pdf

This lavish book is the first full treatment of the stunning artist books created by Henri Matisse in the mid-20th century. Matisse would select a text (or texts) by an author he admired and create an entire production of visual art around it. Matisse created books around the work of French poets like Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Ronsard. He made a fascinating edition of the French version of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese. And then there was his radically modern book-so popular in the US-that visualized the themes and patterns of American Jazz (Jazz, 1941-47).

Author : Henri Matisse,William Slattery Lieberman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Prints
ISBN : UCR:31210007949769

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Matisse by Henri Matisse,William Slattery Lieberman Pdf

Author : Jack Cowart,Dominique Fourcade,National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art, French
ISBN : UOM:39076000531686

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Henri Matisse by Jack Cowart,Dominique Fourcade,National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Pdf

171 paintings concentrated on works produced by Henri Matisse during the 1920s, when he lived in the South of France.

Author : John Cauman
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781911624431

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Van Gogh: In 50 Works by John Cauman Pdf

From humble beginnings in Nuenen and Antwerp to his last month in Auvers-sur-Oise, this captivating book on Vincent Van Gogh's life and works is the perfect introduction for all students and art lovers interested in late nineteenth-century and Post-Impressionist art. Featuring fifty of his finest works, each painting and drawing is described and analyzed in beautiful detail, within the context of the period, so that the reader can really understand what the artist was hoping to achieve with each work. Drawing from the many letters that Van Gogh wrote to his brother, friends and others, curator John Cauman provides an enthralling and accessible narrative about the artist and his work, introducing the milieu, key characters, the themes, and legacy that continues to this day. Among the fifty paintings featured, this book includes The Potato Eaters, Père Tanguy, Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel, Sunflowers, Café Terrace at Night, Bedroom in Arles, Van Gogh's Chair, Portrait of Joseph Roulin, Irises, The Starry Night, and Wheatfield with Crows.

Author : William S Lieberman,Henri Matisse
Publisher : George Braziller Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015015679528

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Matisse 50 Years of His Graphic Art by William S Lieberman,Henri Matisse Pdf

Famous the world over for his paintings, Henri Matisse was equally adept in the demanding techniques of the graphic media. This study collects in one volume his principal graphic works from line etchings to large lithographs and monotypes.

Author : John Bidwell,Michael M. Baylson,Frances Batzer Baylson,Sheelagh Bevan,Jay McKean Fisher
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0271071117

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Graphic Passion by John Bidwell,Michael M. Baylson,Frances Batzer Baylson,Sheelagh Bevan,Jay McKean Fisher Pdf

"Recounts the publication history of nearly fifty books illustrated by Henri Matisse, including Lettres portugaises, Mallarmae's Poaesies, and Matisse's own Jazz. Explores his illustration methods, typographic precepts, literary sensibilities, and opinions about the role of the artist in the publication process"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Henri Matisse
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art, French
ISBN : UOM:39076001344519

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Matisse by Henri Matisse Pdf

"More than one hundred color plates, accompanied by reactions and comments from critics and contemporaries, record the career of the French sculptor, cut-out artist, and painter of exotic, brightly colored nudes." -- Amazon

Author : Julie Appel,Amy Guglielmo
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402735685

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Feed Matisse's Fish by Julie Appel,Amy Guglielmo Pdf

Invites young readers to touch twentieth-century paintings, including Matisse's "Goldfish," Grant Wood's "American Gothic," and Chagall's "Birthday." On board pages.

Author : Henri Matisse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:963697302

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Matisse by Henri Matisse Pdf

Author : Rebecca A. Rabinow,Dorthe Aagesen,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 9781588394675

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Matisse by Rebecca A. Rabinow,Dorthe Aagesen,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

"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 (1906) and Le Lexe I and II (1907-8) through a series of late studio scenes from Vence (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."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Hilary Spurling
Publisher : Knopf Publishing Group
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Artists
ISBN : 9780679434290

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Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling Pdf

With unprecedented and unrestricted access to his family correspondence, and other new material in private archives, Spurling documents a lifetime of desperation and self-doubt exacerbated by Matisse's attempts to counteract the violence of the 20th century in paintings.

Author : Christopher Lloyd
Publisher : Modern Art Press, Limited
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1916347444

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Matisse and the Joy of Drawing by Christopher Lloyd Pdf

Traces the evolution of Matisse's work on paper, from experimental beginnings to the artist's instantly recognizable mature style An internationally recognized expert in the European tradition of draughtsmanship, Christopher Lloyd offers rare insights about the technical qualities of Matisse's drawings. This book traces the evolution of Matisse's large and varied body of drawings and works on paper--including graphic work, the celebrated cut-outs and the famous decoration of the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, France. The artist's drawings are contextualized within his own biography and times, from vibrant early twentieth-century Paris to later periods in luxurious Nice. Lively prose and a wealth of reproductions illustrate Matisse's versatility in different media and his innovative, expansive concept of drawing. Despite the variety of his output, the work always reflects the artist's constant desire to express pure emotion in visual terms. Since 2014, Christopher Lloyd has published four highly successful books on the drawings of modern artists. This book follows his most recent publication, Picasso and the Art of Drawing. With over 150 illustrations, including archival photographs of Matisse's studio and the artist at work, this volume concisely covers Matisse's entire graphic oeuvre.

Author : Karl D. Buchberg,Henri Matisse,Nicholas Cullinan,Jodi Hauptman,Samantha Friedman,Flavia Frigeri,Markus Gross (Conservator),Nicholas Serota,Stephan Lohrengel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art and design
ISBN : 1849761299

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Henri Matisse by Karl D. Buchberg,Henri Matisse,Nicholas Cullinan,Jodi Hauptman,Samantha Friedman,Flavia Frigeri,Markus Gross (Conservator),Nicholas Serota,Stephan Lohrengel Pdf

Henri Matisse is one of the leading figures of modern art. His unparalleled cut-outs are among the most significant of any artist's late works. When ill health first prevented Matisse from painting, he began to cut into painted paper with scissors as his primary technique to make maquettes for a number of commissions, from books and stained glass window designs to tapestries and ceramics. Taking the form of a 'studio diary', the catalogue re-examines the cut-outs in terms of the methods and materials that Matisse used, and looks at the tensions in the works between finish and process; and drawings and colour.