Cover maquette for the exhibition catalogue Henri Matisse (1951) 1951 Gouache on paper, cut and pasted 10 5/8 x 15 3/4" (27.0 x 40.0 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

After 1917 Matisse no longer attempted to work out new and "heroic” solutions for the problems of flat painting, but relaxed into the arms of French tradition —which meant Chardin and Boucher …

isse had made of snails during this period. Through refining the snail’s concentric form and transforming the spiral of its shell into coloured shapes, Matisse arrived at his composition. He …

Henri Matisse is widely regarded as a foundational modernist of the early twentieth century. As a leader of the Fauvist movement, Matisse embraced bright, contrasting, and often unnatural …

The collection brings together 32 paintings, 455 drawings and engravings, 38 cut-outs, 57 sculptures and more than 130 objects from Matisse’s personal collection.

Matisse’s first major success comes with his pointillist work titled Luxe, calme et volupté. He was appointed chairman of Des Indépendants and the piece was purchased by Paul Signac. …

298 Foreword The genesis of Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs was the ambitious conservation of The Swimming Pool, Matisse’s epic work in cut paper and an icon in the collection of The Museum …