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.
Notes
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 années 1930' at the Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, February 28 - May 29, 2023, and the Musée Matisse Nice, June 23-September 24, 2023.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Timothy Rub
Matisse in the 1930s / Matthew Affron, Cécile Debray, Claudine Grammont
Essays.
Matisse, Zervos, and Cahiers D'Art / Chara Kolokytha
A crisis and four exhibitions / Éric de Chassey
Matisse/Picasso: the Duo's revival in the Cahiers D'Art / Cécile 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 / Cécile Girardeau
Paul Guillaume and Matisse / Cécile 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 Théry.
ISBN
9780876332993 (hardcover)
0876332998 (hardcover)
LCCN
2022940209
OCLC
1344291571
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