Henri Matisse, “ Le cheval, l’écuyère, et le clown (The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown),” plate V of XX, from Jazz, 1947, Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper, 16 3/4” x 25 3/5” (© 2015 Succession H.

The exhibition devoted to Henri Matisse's mural work – the artist's least loved but also the least studied creation – that ...

Calling all modern art fans: you might want to add visiting the Musée d’Art Moderne (MAM) in Paris to your 2026 to-do list, ...

I have said it often and others have said it to me: “Someone should write a piece about Pierre Matisse.” Throughout his long career as a distinguished art dealer in New York, he remained a taciturn ...

A new Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland offers visitors a rare chance to follow his artistic journey via works from throughout the career of one of modern art's godfathers. The Fondation ...

ST. LOUIS — Are you near a window? Try looking out. Henri Matisse used to look out windows a lot. He saw colors. Hilary Spurling, in her great Matisse biography, reported that the French artist once ...

As the gray days and chilly weather of February drag on, you may find yourself longing for sunshine and sea air. Although the curators at the Saint Louis Art Museum can’t quite conjure a salty breeze, ...

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them,” Henri Matisse once said. It makes sense coming from an artist who lived among some of the leafiest areas of Paris and the French Riviera, ...

Art World Mourns Henri Matisse, Dead at Home in Nice at Age of 84 PARIS, Nov. 4--The world of art today mourned Henri Matisse, one of France's greatest painters, who died in his apartment in Nice ...

Henri Matisse encouraged his favorite model to become a painter like him It’s hard to be precise about what’s going on in this deceptively simple 1924 picture by Henri Matisse. In French, it’s called ...

“I like it, but I don’t quite understand it,” Henri Matisse told a journalist visiting his studio in 1911. Matisse was referring to a painting he’d recently made of his studio space, a room filled ...

Artist’s daughter Marguerite features in most of the pieces, kept in the family until ‘complete surprise’ donation ...