Henri Matisse

...never have guessed this is how it would be. ' When Matisse returned to France at the beginning of November, the designs were finished and the materials had been tested under the stage lights. The premiere took place on February 2 1920 in...

In this article: Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, Ballets Russes, Paris, and Nijinsky

...in shades of indigo, and a primary-colored mobile by American artist Alexander Calder. Henri Matisse's 1941 painting "Nature morte au magnolia" (Magnolia Still Life) - among the French artist's personal favorites - could rub proverbial...

In this article: Paris, Still life, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, and France

Matisse sells for record 32m euros at Yves Saint Laurent 'sale of the century' at Christie's A major work by the French painter Henri Matisse sold for a record 32 million euros (GBP28 million) on Monday as the late fashion designer Yves Saint...

In this article: Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Berge, Beijing, Paris, China, Opium War, AIDS, and Piet Mondrian

...August 6, 1913. Although General Mondrago went into exile to Belgium after the occurrences of the Decena Tragica, Carmen Mondragon moved to Paris with her husband, where they met Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Jean Cassou. Afterwards they...

In this article: San Sebastian, Dr. Atl, Tina Modotti, Frida Kahlo, Mexico City, Mexico, and Diego Rivera

Model Joined French Resistance Dina Vierny, 89, muse to French sculptor Aristide Maillol and model for painters Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, died Jan. 20, it was reported from Paris. No cause of death was given. Ms. Vierny, who began...

In this article: Dina Vierny, Pierre Bonnard, Paris, France, World War II, Raoul Dufy, Aristide Maillol, and Musee Maillol

...Mott Johnson. Johnson returned to the United States early the next year, but Dasburg stayed in Paris where he met Henri Matisse, Gertrude Stein and Leo Stein, and became influenced by the paintings of Cezanne and Cubism. He soon became an...

In this article: Andrew Michael Dasburg, John Reed, Mabel Dodge Luhan, New York City, D. H. Lawrence, Art Students League of New York, Woodstock, New York, Alfred Stieglitz, and Paris

...in Fujimura's homage to the twentieth century master and catalyst to the "Sacred Arts Movement" in Paris that influenced Picasso, Matisse and other modernist artists. A popular speaker, he has spoken at Bucknell University, Princeton...

In this article: Makoto Fujimura, Bucknell University, Tokyo, New York City, United States, Refractions, and Platinum