Matisse the master : a life of Henri Matisse, the conquest of colour, 1909-1954 / Hilary Spurling.
It is hard to believe today that Matisse was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false and often dam...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
A.A. Knopf,
2005.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 512 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
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Life of Henri Matisse, the conquest of colour, 1909-1954. |
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Contents:
- 1909: Paris, Cassis and Cavalière
- 1910: Issy-les-Moulineaux, Collioure and Spain
- 1911: Seville, Paris, Collioure and Moscow
- 1912-1913: Tangier and Paris
- 1913-1915: Paris and Tangier
- 1916-1918: Paris and Nice
- 1919-1922: Nice, Paris, London and Etretat
- 1923-1928: Nice and Paris
- 1929-1933: Nice, Paris, America and Tahiti
- 1933-1939: Nice and Paris
- 1939-1945: Paris, Nice, Ciboure, St-Gaudens and Vence
- 1945-1954: Vence, Paris and Nice.