[Republicanprofessor]

A fascinating review of what looks to be a wonderful book on Matisse.

[Republicanprofessor]

Images:

Barnes Collection with Matisse's Dance in upper left

Decorative figure on an Ornamental Ground

Unfortunately, I have to post and run, so I'll let others post what images they want and discuss Matisse. I thought the insights to his marriage and the influence of his children upon his work was intriguing.

[MinuteGal]

Do you have a picture of the "violet-coloured woman"?

Leni

[Sam Cree]

"What Matisse recognized, and taught others to recognize, was the critical importance for a modern painter of finding a mode and means of artistic expression that would enable him to be true to his own sensibility and experience."

I'm wondering if that isn't another way of saying that a modern painter must hit upon a lucky accident of style that can be repeated?