The overlapping color squares of “The Snail” give way to the flowing leaves of “Acanthus” and the radiating fronds of “The ...

Matisse made his colorful cut-outs late in life after debilitating abdominal surgery, and they are the star of this focused ...

Henri Matisse: A Luminary in Visual Art Henri Matisse, a pivotal figure in the realm of visual arts, is often mentioned ...

With Jazz, now on view at the Art Institute, Matisse's decades-long quest to draw with color comes to its apex.

An epic collection of the artist’s final 13 years of work explodes with the stunning colours and spiky cutouts that redefined art ...

As the art world is getting ready for the back-to-back two-week frenzy of Frieze London and Art Basel Paris, there’s an equally important event in Switzerland. Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel ...

Many seeking to satisfy a craving for the artwork of Henri Matisse need go no further than Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation. With 59 paintings by Matisse it is one of the largest collections in the ...

As winter gave way to spring, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 settled in at the Art Institute of Chicago for a three-month stay. The city immediately embraced the exhibit: its gala grand opening ...

Reminiscing toward the end of his life, Henri Matisse described the importance of his studio collection — a cherished assortment of African sculptures, Spanish vases, Egyptian textiles, French ...

In 1929 hard-boiled Dr. Albert C. Barnes of Merion, Pa. sold his Argyrol rights to Zonite Products Corp.,pocketed his millions and concentrated, in his French Renaissance chateau behind a loft. fence, ...

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.

How do works by two painters from two different eras compare when we see them side by side? With Rita Braver, we take a look: They were born nearly 50 years and an ocean apart. And while French ...