The work of Henri Matisse is a sensuous hymn to colour, that wild yet subtle colour which he tamed, mastered and managed, and which expressed his feelings towards women and the world. His masterpieces reflect his ‘sheer joy in painting the beauty of the universe’ and mark the various stages in his quest for an earthly paradise in the midst of the 20th century. The quality of the reproductions in this publication alone make it an indispensable work of reference. Matisse, after all, is widely acknowledged as an artist whose canvases are extremely difficult to reproduce in print. With this in mind, each work presented here has been painstakingly compared with the respective original, in close collaboration with the artist’s grandson, Claude Duthuit.
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