Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954
Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954
With unprecedented and unrestricted access to his family correspondence, and other new material in private archives, Spurling documents a lifetime of desperation and self-doubt exacerbated by Matisse's attempts to counteract the violence of the 20th century in paintings.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Year
- 2005
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Henri MatisseArt history20th century painting
Awards
Other awarded books from Hilary Spurling
- Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour 1909–1954 (about Henri Matisse)
- The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908
- Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
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