Published on occasion of the exhibition 'Matisse in the 1930s' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 20, 2022 - January 29, 2023, and 'Matisse: Cahiers d'art - Le tournant des annes 1930' at the Muse de l'Orangerie, Paris, February 28 - May 29, 2023, and the Muse Matisse Nice, June 23-September 24, 2023. Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
Contents:
The artist at work 1926-40 / Anne Thry. Matisse in the 1930s / Matthew Affron, Ccile Debray, Claudine Grammont -- Chronology. -- Matisse, Zervos, and Cahiers D'Art / Chara Kolokytha -- A crisis and four exhibitions / Eric de Chassey -- Matisse/Picasso: the Duo's revival in the Cahiers D'Art / Ccile Debray -- Lydia Delectorskaya and the making of Matisse / Ellen McBreen -- Matisse's mural art / Matthew Affron -- Matisse's studio in the making of his work / Claudine Grammont -- Cahiers D'Art. -- Extracts 1926-39 -- Works. -- The three sisters / Ccile Girardeau -- Paul Guillaume and Matisse / Ccile Girardeau -- Woman with a veil / Alix Agret -- The yellow dress / Laurence Schlosser -- Henriette I, II, III / Laurence Schlosser -- Matisse and international Black modernity / Denise Murrell -- Matisse's world tour / Alix Agret -- Matisse and Philadelphia / Matthew Affron -- Pierre Matisse Gallery / Aymeric Jeudy -- Large reclining nude / Aymeric Jeudy -- Nymph in the forest (Verdure) / Claudine Grammont -- Woman in blue / Ellen McBreen -- The Romanian blouse / Alice Marsal -- Rouge et noir: a museum of synthesis? / Juliet Bellow -- Themes and Variations / Matthew Affron -- Chronology. -- The artist at work 1926-40 / Anne Thry.
Summary:
In 1930, as Henri Matisse (1869-1954) embarked on The Dance, a monumental mural commissioned by the American collector Albert C. Barnes, he began experimenting in ways that would permanently change the nature of his work. The use of pre-painted cut papers to lay out his compositions led to a new style of flat tones and bold shapes. He also increasingly used serial imagery to make visible his creative process, aiming to capture the flux of his own perceptions and emotions in the work of art. This volume highlights and explains pivotal transformations in Matisse's work in the 1930s across a range of media, including mural and easel painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, and the illustrated book. The transatlantic contributors also look at the relationship between Matisse and the Parisian art journal Cahiers d'art, which played an outsized role in publicizing Matisse's work during this period, and consider his exhibitions, his ongoing involvement with decorative painting, his studio as a creative laboratory, and the role of his model and muse Lydia Delectorskaya in his studio practice.
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