Matisse (The Hermann Genius Pocket Guide) - Softcover

Matisse, Henri

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798900080017

Verlag: Hermann Editions, 2026

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Step into the radiant world of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the modern master whose expressive color, graceful line, and lifelong pursuit of visual harmony transformed twentieth-century art. This pocket guide follows Matisse from his daring Fauvist paintings to his portraits, interiors, sculptures, and celebrated paper cut-outs. Learn what to look for in his simplified forms, decorative patterns, fluid contours, and inventive use of color to create mood, rhythm, and balance. Fascinating biographical insights, memorable anecdotes, a personal portrait, and selected quotations reveal the discipline and experimentation behind art that often appears effortless. A spotlight on one acclaimed masterpiece offers a closer examination of the choices that made his work so distinctive and influential. With more than 65 full-color reproductions, this beautifully designed guide provides an uplifting introduction to an artist who found endless creative possibility in color, shape, and the pleasures of looking.

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Henri Matisse was a French artist whose revolutionary use of color and simplified form made him one of the central figures of modern art. A leader of Fauvism, he pursued an art of extraordinary visual intensity across painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and his celebrated paper cut-outs. His lifelong exploration of color, line, pattern, and space transformed the possibilities of modern pictorial expression.

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• Verlag: Hermann Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798900080017
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 80
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