Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in ...

A far, far cry from the light of Nice, where Henri Matisse created his cut-outs. Yet these are the legendary ... an American from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, was supposed to join ...

But back in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, a San Antonian by the name of Martha Mood elevated the bar on such work to what can confidently be called high art. In her style, technique and subject ...

Next, some art. Basel has one of Europe’s highest concentrations ... Manfred Gottschalk/Getty) And, after admiring Matisse’s paper cut-outs (the current exhibition focuses on landscapes of Canada and ...

Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...

And that is how do you unite color and drawing. GLENN LOWRY: Matisse’s cut-outs often appear effortless. But the work was arduous, and sometimes he struggled. This was especially true when he began ...

Previously Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery and of the Museum ... and co-curated Henri Matisse: the Cut Outs in 2014. Nicholas Serota has been a member of the Visual Arts Advisory Committee ...

GLENN LOWRY: This work, Two Dancers, is one of Matisse’s earliest experiments with cut paper. Curator Samantha Friedman: SAMANTHA FRIEDMAN: Early in the cut-out practice, Matisse was using cut ...