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The Art, Youth, Early Maturity And Life Of Artist Henri Matisse Are Thoroughly Examined In This Biography That Also Includes 24 Pages Of Color Reproductions. Henri Matisse Is One Of The Masters Of Twentieth-century Art And A Household Word To Millions Of People Who Find Joy And Meaning In His Light-filled, Colorful Images-yet, Despite All The Books Devoted To His Work, The Man Himself Has Remained A Mystery. Now, In The Hands Of The Superb Biographer Hilary Spurling, The Unknown Matisse Becomes Visible At Last. Matisse Was Born Into A Family Of Shopkeepers In 1869, In A Gloomy Textile Town In The North Of France. His Environment Was Brightened Only By The Sumptuous Fabrics Produced By The Local Weavers-magnificent Brocades And Silks That Offered Matisse His First Vision Of Light And Color, And Which Later Became A Familiar Motif In His Paintings.^ He Did Not Find His Artistic Vocation Until After Leaving School, When He Struggled For Years With His Father, Who Wanted Him To Take Over The Family Seed-store. Escaping To Paris, Where He Was Scorned By The French Art Establishment, Matisse Lived For Fifteen Years In Great Poverty, An Ordeal He Shared With Other Young Artists And With C

Author

Spurling, Hilary

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf, Published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, Ltd

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679434283

Subjects

Art, Memoir, Biography