A Life of Henri Matisse
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| Author(s) | Hilary Spurling |
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| Hilary Spurling presents a thorough and riveting account of Matisse's early life. | |
Hilary Spurling presents a thorough and riveting account of Matisse's early life.
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The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869-1908
Hilary Spurling presents a thorough and riveting account of Matisse's early life, from his beginnings as the son of shopkeepers in Flanders through his impoverished days as a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Tracing Matisse's life through his thirties, Spurling describes how the artist's stubborn northern temperament helped sustain him through many challenges, both artistic and financial, as he found his way as a painter.
Matisse the Master: Volume 2. The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954
“If my story were ever to be written down truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone,” wrote Henri Matisse. It is hard to believe today that Matisse, whose exhibitions draw huge crowds worldwide, was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false and often damaging. Throughout his life and afterward people fantasized about his models and circulated baseless…
