Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

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Next to Picasso, Matisse is probably the greatest and most versatile artist of modernism. His long career embraced most of the currents of postimpressionist art, in all of which he created highly personal works of remarkable beauty and subtlety. Born in Picardie, France, Matisse came to Paris as a show more youth to study law, but soon began to study painting under such conventional masters as Bouguereau. Later, he moved to impressionism and fell under the influence of Cezanne; soon after, he was using pure color in the style that characterized the Fauves (The Wild Beasts), an innovative school of art whose leading master he became. Subsequently, Matisse went through an expressionist phase, during which he was much affected by African and Near Eastern art. In that period, flat decorative patterns in brilliant colors predominated in his work, such as "La Danse" and "La Musique." In 1914, Matisse went to live on the Riviera, where he remained for the rest of his long life. Here, his great series of Odalisques occupied him until the 1930's. His last major work was the decoration of a convent chapel at Venice. Matisse was also a book illustrator of originality, a highly individual sculptor, and a creator of extraordinary paper cutouts, in which he composed pictures using pieces of brightly colored paper. Despite severe arthritis, Matisse worked until his death at the age of 85. In 1992, a major exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the extraordinarily large attendance only confirmed his place as one of the greatest French painters of the twentieth century. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Henri Matisse, Henry Matisse, Henri Matisse

Image credit: Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1913 (courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery; image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

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Les Gouaches découpées de la Chapelle de Vence

Works by Henri Matisse

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Jazz (1947) 353 copies, 3 reviews

A Magical Day with Matisse (Mini Masters) (2002) — Illustrator — 246 copies, 3 reviews

Henri Matisse: Cut-Outs Album (1994) 167 copies, 1 review

Matisse on Art (1973) — Author — 162 copies

The Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse (1978) 116 copies, 2 reviews

Matisse: His Art and His Public (1967) — Illustrator — 105 copies

Matisse (1988) — Illustrator — 92 copies

Henri Matisse (1953) 54 copies

Matisse Line Drawings and Prints: 50 Works (1979) 44 copies

Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence (1996) 42 copies

Etchings by Matisse (2011) 42 copies

Blue & Other Colors (2016) 41 copies, 1 review

Henri Matisse (1973) 38 copies

Henri Matisse: Paintings and sculptures in Soviet museums (1978) 37 copies

Ecrits et propos sur l'art (1978) 33 copies, 1 review

The sculpture of Matisse (1972) 30 copies, 1 review

Matisse (Great Modern Masters) (1995) 30 copies

Henri Matisse 1904-1917 (broche) (1993) 29 copies

Henri Matisse (1994) 25 copies

The Vence Chapel: The Archive of a Creation (1993) 25 copies

Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview (2013) 23 copies

Matisse 1869-1954: a retrospective exhibition at the Hayward Gallery (1968) 22 copies

Plant Drawings (2002) 19 copies

Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts (2015) 19 copies

Matisse: La Danse (One Hundred Paintings) (1993) 18 copies, 1 review

Matisse 1911-1930 (1961) 17 copies

Matisse: oeuvres de Henri Matisse (1977) 17 copies

Matisse (1952) 16 copies

Henri Matisse, Exposition du Centenaire: Grand Palais Avril-Septembre 1970 (1970) 16 copies

Le bleu de l'été: Matisse, un siècle de couleurs: [exposition] Nice, Musée Matisse, 8 juillet-25 septembre 2000 (2000) 15 copies

Homage to Henri Matisse (Special Issue of XXe siecle) (1970) 14 copies

Henri Matisse (Masters of world painting) (1981) 13 copies

Belle Île : Monet, Russell & Matisse in Brittany (2001) — Artist — 12 copies

Matisse at the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. (1993) 12 copies

MATISSE AS PRINTMAKER: Works from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation (2009) 12 copies

Frauen : 32 Radierungen (1957) 11 copies

Drawings: Themes and Variations (1995) 11 copies

Henri Matisse, l'art du livre: Exposition, 4 juillet-30 septembre 1986 (Cahiers Henri Matisse) (French Edition) (1986) 11 copies

Henri Matisse, the graphic works: Exhibition, fall 1972 (1972) 11 copies

Matisse : "la révélation m'est venue de l'Orient" (1997) 10 copies

Matisse (Los Genios de la Pintura) (1979) 10 copies

Intimate Matisse (1999) 10 copies

Matisse (ArtDossier) (1905) 10 copies

Matisse et Tahiti: Exposition, 4 juillet-30 septembre 1986 (Cahiers Henri Matisse) (French Edition) (1986) 10 copies

Matisse (2006) 10 copies

Taschen PostcardBook : Henri Matisse : Cut-Outs (1995) 9 copies

Henri Matisse: Matisse et l'Italie (Italian Edition) (1987) 9 copies

Sobre arte (1978) 8 copies

Matisse Dessins: La Collection Du Musee Matisse (French Edition) (1988) 8 copies

Henri Matisse: Drawings 1936, A Facsimile Reproduction (2005) 8 copies

Matisse: Drawing Life (2011) 7 copies

Matisse, Ajaccio-Toulouse, 1898-1899: Une saison de peinture : une exposition du Musee d'art moderne de Toulouse au Musee Paul-Dupuy, Toulouse, 9 ... 1987 (Cahiers Henri Matisse)… (1986) 7 copies

Henri Matisse: 1869-1954 : gravures et lithographies, 10 juin-5 septembre 1982, Musée d'art et d'histoire Fribourg (French Edition) (1982) 6 copies

Autour d'UN Chef-d'Oeuvre De Matisse: Les Trois Versions De La Danse Barnes (1930-1933) (French Edition) (1993) 6 copies

Henri Matisse: Jazz (Pegasus Library) (2001) 6 copies

Correspondance (Art) (French Edition) (2001) 5 copies

Matisse (1989) 5 copies

Matisse: Oleos, dibujos, gouaches decoupees, esculturas y libros : [exposicion : Madrid], Fundacion Juan March : octubre-diciembre, 1980 (Spanish Edition) (1980) 5 copies

Farbe und Gleichnis, Gesammelte Schriften (1960) 5 copies

Henri Matisse, 1904-1917 (1993) 5 copies

Matisse, 1869-1954 (1994) 5 copies

Matisse, sculptures-dessins, dialogue: Musée Matisse, musée départemental, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 6 novembre 1993-6 février 1994 (French Edition) (1993) 5 copies

De Matisse à Picasso : collection Jacques et Natasha Gelman : exposition organisée avec The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1994) 5 copies

VERVE VOL.VI, NOS 21 & 22 - HENRI MATISSE VENCE 1944 - 48 (1948) 5 copies

Matisse Jazz Poster Book (1992) 4 copies

Matisse: Visages decouverts, 1945-1954 (French Edition) (1996) 4 copies

Matisse et l'Oceanie: Voyage a Tahiti : Musee Matisse, Musee departemental, Le Cateau Cambresis, 28 mars-28 juin 1998 (French Edition) (1998) 4 copies

Matisse 4 copies

Henri Matisse (French Edition) (1983) 4 copies

Matisse (Posterbooks) (1995) 4 copies

Henri Matisse: Femmes Et Fleurs (1997) 4 copies

Matisse Portrait Drawings: 45 Plates (1990) 4 copies

Henri Matisse : pinturas y dibujos de los museos Pushkin de Moscú y el Ermitage de Leningrado (1988) 4 copies

L'opera di Matisse. Dalla rivolta fauve all'intimismo, 1904-1928 4 copies

Henri Matisse: An Important Exhibition of Works June-July 1978 (1978) 4 copies

Henri Matisse : du mot au dessin (2004) 3 copies

Portraits par Henri Matisse (1954) 3 copies

Scritti e pensieri sull'arte (1988) 3 copies

Om konst (1997) 3 copies

HENRI MATISSE. Zwanzig auserlesene Werke - Twenty (20) important paintings. Sept.-Oct. 1971 (1971) 3 copies

Matisse: Einladung zur Reise (2024) 3 copies

Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas (1989) 3 copies

Matisse : els llibres il-lustrats (2004) 3 copies

Henri Matisse 3 copies

Matisse : et nyt liv (2005) 3 copies

Matisse (Masterpieces of French painting) 3 copies

Henri Matisse (1991) 3 copies

Henri Matisse Dessins et Sculptures (1958) 3 copies

Matisse : huiles, gouaches découpées, sculptures : [exposition, juin-septembre 1980], Galerie Beyeler, Basel 3 copies

Hommage a Henri Matisse Vence 1990 (1990) 3 copies

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: sculpture [exhibition] (1969) 3 copies

Henri Matisse: drawings and paper cut-outs 3 copies

Matisse espíritu y sentido : obra sobre papel : 5 octubre 2001-20 enero 2002, Fundación Juan March (2002) 2 copies

Les miroirs profonds: Pierre à Feu (1947) 2 copies

Henri Matisse: An Exhibition of Selected Drawings in Homage to Frank Perls (1975) 2 copies

Bathers with a turtle (Bulletin / Saint Louis Art Museum) (1998) 2 copies

Escritos y consideraciones sobre el arte (2010) 2 copies

Scritti e pensieri sull'arte (2003) 2 copies

Portraits 2 copies

Matisse : 50 years of his graphic art 2 copies

MATISSE : NOTES D'UN PEINTRE (2012) 2 copies, 1 review

Four French Moderns (1945) 2 copies

Henri Matisse : etchings, lithographs, linocuts, aquatints and livres illustrés : a retrospectiveexhibition of original prints 1900-1952 2 copies

Henri Matisse : the Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 13, 1951-Jan. 13, 1952; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Feb. 5-Mar. 16, 1952; the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 1-May 4, 1952; the San… (1951) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Matisse illustrates 2 copies

Aspects of 19th and 20th century European art, on loan from a gentleman : Part 1 : Henri Matisse (1869-1954) 2 copies

Escritos y opiniones sobre el arte (1993) 2 copies

Dessins de Henri Matisse 2 copies

Henri Matisse / Jazz 1957 (1957) 2 copies

Gemalde Plastiken in den Museen der Sowjetunion (1990) 2 copies, 1 review

Matisse - Rhythmus und Linie (1987) 2 copies

Cinquante dessins (Specimens) 2 copies

Henri Matisse, selected drawings from 1907 to 1952: An exhibition organized with Heinz Berggruen, April 16-May 18, 1985 : Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (1985) 2 copies

Matisse et Baudelaire: Musee Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambresis (French Edition) (1992) 2 copies

Henri Matisse: Processus 2 copies

Matisse : 9 juin-20 juillet 1982 : Galerie Dina Vierny 2 copies

Henri Matisse, der Zeichner: Hundert Zeichnungen und Graphiken, 1898-1952 (Diogenes Kunst Taschenbuch) (German Edition) (1982) 2 copies

Matisse (1990) 2 copies

Master of graphic art, Henri Matisse,: 1869-1954: wood-cuts & lithographs 1904-29; a retrospective exhibition (1972) 2 copies

Henri Matisse; drawings and prints, 1906-1952 2 copies

Matisse: people, masks, models: [exhibition], Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Sept. 27, 2008-Jan. 11, 2009, and at Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Jan. 31-Apr. 19, 2009 (2009) 2 copies

Le printemps de la couleur : Matisse, un siècle de couleurs (2000) 2 copies

Matisse; dessins 2 copies

Henri Matisse (1996) 2 copies

Henri Matisse: Dessins. (has insert in cover) 2 copies

Loan exhibition of paintings (1954) 2 copies

A la rencontre de Matisse : (Catalogue) (1969) 2 copies

Henri Matisse. Gemälde und Plastiken in den Museen der Sowjetunion (1978) 2 copies

Pierre A Feu (1947) 2 copies

HENRI MATISSE- REPRODUCTIONS II (chemises cartonnées contenant chacune 12 reproductions en couleurs.) (1970) 2 copies

Henri Matisse: chapelle, peintures, dessins, sculptures : [exposition] 5 juillet - 24 septembre, 1950 2 copies

Matisse Portraits (uncorrected galley proofs) 2 copies

Le noir et le blanc de l'automne: Matisse, un siecle de couleurs (French Edition) (2000) 2 copies

Cut-Out Fun with Matisse (Adventures in Art 1 copy

Matisse: huiles, gouaches decoupees, dessins, sculptures (1980) 1 copy

HENRI MATISSE - CHEMIN DE CROIX (2025) 1 copy

Matisse-Pallady et la blouse roumaine: Deux artistes sous la censure (2019) 1 copy

Henri Matisse Dessins Et Sculpture (29 Mai-7 septembre 1975) 1 copy

Cahiers Henri Matisse. 7, Les chefs-d'oeuvre du Musě Matisse : Nice, Cimiez (1991) 1 copy

Le métier de peindre: un art d'équilibre (2025) 1 copy

Chez Matisse.: El legado de una nueva pintura. (2025) 1 copy

Matisse. La Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence & de l'Espoir (1975) 1 copy

Dessins. Prf̌. de Maurice Malingue 1 copy

Matisse, dessins 1 copy

La obra pictórica de Matisse desde la ruptura "fauve" al intimismo: 1904-1928 (1976) 1 copy

Henri Matisse : the lithographs 1913-1930 1 copy

Henri Matisse: an exhibition of drawings, February 17th-March 24th, 1982, organized with the cooperation of Heinz Berggruen 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Exposition Organisee Au Profit De L'Orphelinat Des Arts (1931) 1 copy

Matisse 1 copy

Henri MATISSE Paintings and Sculptures in soviet Museums 1 copy

Matisse: Drawings from 1915 to 1951, 26 October-16 December 1989 [Exhibition] (1989) 1 copy

Kunst sollte sein wie ein bequemer Sessel: Plaudereien mit Pierre Courthion (Kampa Salon) (German Edition) (2019) 1 copy

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954 : drawings, paper cut-outs, illustrated books : 2 July-2 August 1980 1 copy

La visione interiore (2009) 1 copy

Matisse comme un roman: Centre Pompidou (2020) 1 copy

Retrospective : Henri Matisse : 28 juillet-18 novembre 1956 1 copy

Pomegranate Henri Matisse Book of Postcards (2023) 1 copy

Henri Matisse: pinturas y dibujos de los museos Pushkin de Moscú y el Ermitage de Lenningrado 1 copy

Notes du peintre 1 copy

Les dessins d'Henri Matisse 1 copy

Dernières oeuvres de Matisse, 1950-1954 1 copy

Stati ob iskusstve, perepiska, zapisi besed, suzhdeniia sovremennikov (Mir khudozhnika) (1993) 1 copy

Harmony in Red (The Tablecloth) (oil on canvas) 1 copy

Still Life with Sleeping Woman [image] 1 copy

Beasts of the Sea 1 copy

The Horse, the Equestrienne, and the Clown [image] 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Woman with a Hat (Feeme au Chapeau) Puzzle 1 copy

The Joy of Life (oil on canvas) 1 copy

Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) (oil on canvas) 1 copy

The Piano Lesson (oil on canvas) 1 copy

La Negresse 1 copy

Nasturtiums with the Painting "Dance" (oil on canvas) 1 copy

Dance (I) (oil on canvas) 1 copy

Pasiphae', Song of Minos 1 copy

Matisse on Jazz 1 copy

Poems de Charles d'Orleans 1 copy

Granada 1 copy

Woman Seated in an Armchair [image] 1 copy

Woman with Exotic Plant [image] 1 copy

Matisse dans les collections du Musee des beaux-arts de Lyon: A l'occasion de l'exposition Matisse, l'art du livre, 9 avril-14 juin 1987 (French Edition) (1987) 1 copy

Les Trésors de la bibliophilie - Comment j'ai fait mes livres 1 copy

Matisse, Picasso : ihr künstlerischer Dialog im buchillustrativen Schaffen 1 copy

Fauve period, (Petite encyclopédie de l'art) 1 copy

Matisse 1917-1941: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid 9 de junio - 20 de septiembre 2009 1 copy

Henri Matisse : lithographies rares 1 copy

The Purple Robe [image] 1 copy

Les visages; sixty-eight lithographs from the Jane and Peter G. Arnovick Collection, January 19 to February 15, 1975. 1 copy

Matisse. Der Mensch, das Leben, das Werk. Mit dem Bildkatalog seines gesamten Werkes (1995) 1 copy

Still Life with Apples on a Pink Tablecloth [image] 1 copy

Matisse: 20 March-17 May, 1981, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; 26 May-19 July, 1981, The National Museum of M 1 copy

Matisse: 16 Art Stickers (1998) 1 copy

The Great Artists : Their lives, works and inspiration : 95 : Matisse — Illustrator — 1 copy

Pianist and Checker Players [image] 1 copy

Pot of Geraniums 1 copy

Open Window, Collioure 1 copy

HENRI MATISSE : PAINTINGS AND SCULPT. RUSSIAN MUS. 1 copy

Dessins 1 copy

Henri Matisse: The Lithographs 1913-1930 (1990) 1 copy

Chasuble rouge (2003) 1 copy

L'Arbre de vie (2004) 1 copy

Matisse und seine deutschen Schüler: Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann, Otto Richard Langer, Rudolf Levy, Marg Moll, Oskar Moll, Franz Nölken, Hans Purrmann, Walter Alfred Rosam,… 1 copy

Matisse : Kapellet i Vence : Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence : [Ordrupgaard 12. februar - 2. maj 1993] (1993) 1 copy

Matisse : the Inuit face = Matisse : visage inuit 1 copy

Henri Matisse : Etchings, 1900-1937 1 copy

Henri Matisse : twenty paintings & drawings, 23 June - 31 July 1998 1 copy

Goldfish 1 copy

Matisse, dessins au pinceau. 1 copy

Henri Matisse 1 copy

Matisse et Bonnard : Lumière de la Méditerranée 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Dessins: Thèmes et Variations 1 copy

De la couleur : [oeuvres exécutées pendant ces quatre dernières années] 1 copy

Hommage: Dessins de Matisse 1 copy

Gravures originales sur le thème de Chant de Minos (Les Crétois) pour le texte de H. de Montherlant / Gravures originales sure le thème de Pasiphaé pour le texte de H. de… 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Fine Prints (1985) 1 copy

Pasiphaé 1 copy

Matisse on Art, Revised Edition [MATISSE ON ART REV /E REV/E] [Paperback] (1995) 1 copy

Frank Perls art dealer presents thirty-four recently acquired lithographs and aquatints by Henri Matisse: 13 January - 17 February 1969 (1969) 1 copy

Matisse : l'oeuvre gravé 1 copy

Carnet de dessins 1 copy

Matisse et l'antiquité (1999) 1 copy

Henri Matisse aus dem graphischen Werk 1 copy

Nu de dos : the bronze reliefs by Matisse 1 copy

Drawings 1 copy

Chasuble blanche (2004) 1 copy

Henri Matisse : das Goldene Zeitalter : [Ausstellung], Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 18. Oktober bis 13. Dezember 1981 1 copy

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Paintings, drawings, lithographs, mimosa rug, [Exhibition] Waddington Galleries, Montreal, 3 April-1 May 1976 (1976) 1 copy

Graphic art of Henri Matisse / Grunwald Center Studies 1 1980 1 copy

Matisse: 29 mai-20 juillet 1980, {Exhibition] Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris. 1 copy

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954 : drawings, paper cut-outs, illustrated books; [Exhibition] 2 July -2 August, 1980 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Chasuble rose (2003) 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Works on Paper [Exhibition] (1980) 1 copy

Henri Matisse : dessins, lithographies, sculptures, collage, 1906-1952, [exhibition] 31 mars-27 juin 1981. 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Prints and Drawings from a Swiss Private Collection (1971) 1 copy

Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Drawings Paper Cut-outs, Illustrated Books (1980) 1 copy

Henri Matisse (May 5-July 3, 1966) 1 copy

Nu bleu IV (Nizza Museo Matisse) 1 copy, 1 review

Henri Matisse : rêve de bonheur 1 copy

Seoane e a vangarda os seus mestres, os seus amigos : 9 de maio-9 xullo 2003 (2003) 1 copy

Jazz: The Text 1 copy

Matisse - [Katalog zur Ausstellung "Matisse" in Statens Museum for Kunst, Kobenhavn 10.10 - 29.11 1970] 1 copy

Henri Matisse papiers decoupes (1953) 1 copy

Matisse művészete 1904-1928 (1983) 1 copy

Machisu ten (2004) 1 copy

Henri Matisse: sculpture, drawings : [exhibition] November 25-December 20, 1958. 1 copy

Umění rovnováhy 1 copy

Γραπτά κια ρήσεις για την τέχνη 1 copy

Matisse 16 Art Stickers (Dover Art Stickers) (1998) 1 copy

Cahiers d'Art, no 3-5 : Henri Matisse Dessins, 1936 (1992 reprint) (1992) 1 copy

Anri Matiss, 1869-1954: Zhivopis, risunok, dekupazhi : katalog-albom (Russian Edition) (1993) 1 copy

Matisse : le rythme et la ligne 1 copy

Henri Matisse : works on paper (Meckler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ; November 16, 1980) 1 copy

Henri Matisse (1973) 1 copy

Minnesota celebrates Matisse (1993) 1 copy

Matisse [exhibition] Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris, June 9-July 2-, 1982 1 copy

Conversaciones con Henri Matisse (2016) 1 copy

Matisse: Drawings from 1915-1951 [exhibition]Helen Serger/La Boetie, Inc., New York, October 26-December 16, 1989 1 copy

Matisse Picasso: Prints in the Collection [exhibition] Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY July 3-August 5, 1979 1 copy

[Matisse: Tableaux peints à Vence, de 1944 à 1948] 1 copy

Come ho realizzato i miei libri 1 copy

The Oasis of Matisse (2015) 1 copy

Matisse Giftwrap Paper (1992) 1 copy

Henri Matisse : processus, variation : 10 septembre - 12 décembre 2004, Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo. 1 copy

Matisse, l'oeuvre gravé: Paris, 1970 1 copy

Purple Robe and Anemones [image] 1 copy

Bastei-Galerie der grossen Maler. Nr. 49. Henri Matisse (1968) 1 copy

Ready-To-Frame Matisse Cut-Paper Designs: 6 Self-Matted Full Color Prints for Standard 9X12 Frames (1991) 1 copy

La obra completa de Matisse (1989) 1 copy

Matisse : periodo "fauve" / por Georges Duyhuit 1 copy

Matisse : Henri Matisse chez Bernheim-Jeune 1 copy

Henri Matisse: Jazz 1993 (exhibition calender) 1 copy

Los genios de la pintura. Matisse 1 copy

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Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954 (2005) — Artist — 352 copies, 4 reviews

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Transforming Vision: Writers on Art (1994) — Cover artist — 71 copies

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Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors: Masterpieces from the Late Years (2002) 47 copies

Matisse in the Studio (2017) — Artist — 42 copies

Art for Children (Childcraft) (1954) — Illustrator — 40 copies

The Artist's Table: A Cookbook by Master Chefs Inspired by Paintings in the National Gallery of Art (1995) — Contributor — 39 copies

Matisse in the Cone Collection: The Poetics of Vision (2001) 35 copies

Matisse : cut-out fun with Matisse (2003) 22 copies

The Berggruen Collection : Berlin (2003) — Artist — 18 copies

Tate Introductions : Matisse (2014) — Artist — 9 copies

Matisse: A Second Life (2005) — Contributor — 9 copies

Verve The french review of art, numero 8, volume 2. Septembre .Novembre 1940 (1940) — Cover artist — 6 copies, 1 review

Matisse: The sorrowful king (an art play book) (1991) — Artist — 3 copies

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free (Volume 1, Number 4) (1951) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Henri Matisse, May 5-July 3, 1966 (exhibition) 1 copy

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Canonical name: Matisse, Henri
Other names: Матисс, Анри
MATISSE, Henry
Birthdate: 1869-12-31
Date of death: 1954-11-03
Gender: male
Education: Academie Julian, Paris
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
Occupations: painter
law clerk
Organizations: American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Art, 1950)
Relationships: D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin (student)
Nationality: France
Birthplace: Le Cateau, France
Places of residence: Paris, France
Place of death: Nice, France
Burial location: Cimiez, Nice, France
Associated Place (for map): France

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conuly 785 reviews

A Magical Day with Matisse (Mini Masters) by Julie Merberg

I have a few of the books in the series.

On the plus side, I really like the concept - picture books introducing famous artists to young children. What could be cooler than that?

Unfortunately, I don't like the writing that much. Prose would be perfectly suited for these pictures, but instead the author keeps trying to write it in rhyme, and it falls very flat. The whole thing seems trite, and a lot of the rhymes and meter end up sounding forced.

I'd still be buying the books, despite this, show more because I like the idea so much, except we've run into a new snag - they're not very well put together. By which I mean that all of the books we have in this series started to fall apart within a year, a year and a half of their purchase. They're board books, and the nieces are actually too old to "need" board books - they're not rough on the books at all. This should not be happening. The shoddy construction *will* keep me from buying more books, where awkward text wouldn't.

If these books ever get printed in paperback, or maybe as a hardcover compilation, I'll probably buy them. But I cannot recommend that anybody buy the board books. show less

Jun 26, 20082 other reviews

msteketee 109 reviews

Jazz by Henri Matisse

in 1983 when i had no business spending money on this book instead of food (which was my choice) i purchased the oversized newly published hardback version of this masterpiece. it holds a place of honor on my bookshelves .. heavy stock paper, gorgeous cut outs we all have seen replicated scores of times on cards and posters .. and sometimes on museum walls. a beauty of an artbook.

Aug 17, 20092 other reviews

writerlibrarian 414 reviews

MATISSE : NOTES D'UN PEINTRE by Henri Matisse

A short but in depth reflection by Matisse on how he worked, what drove his inspiration and how he saw his art. Much like a musical composition. Useful for writing purposes.

Dec 27, 2018

Petra.Xs 738 reviews

Jazz by Henri Matisse

I was seduced by the cover of this book. I called the picture, a paper-cut, 'Star Man' and even after I knew it was Icarus, to me it was Star Man swimming strongly through the universe with a fiercly beating heart. It inspired me and from that followed my love of Matisse. I wouldn't recommend this book any more than any of his other's - anything that features Matisse's paintings or wonderful paper-cuts work will be 5-star plus.

Apr 2, 20132 other reviews

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