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Matisse The Master A Life Of Henri Matisse The Conquest Of Colour 1909-1954
by Spurling, Hilary
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- Comments: First Edition. If my story were ever to be written down truthfully from start to finish, it would amaze everyone, wrote Henri Matisse. It is hard to believe today that Matisse, whose exhibitions draw huge crowds worldwide, was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false...
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- ISBN-13: 9780679434290
- ISBN: 0679434291
- Publication Date: 2005
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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"This expansive, prodigiously researched book...familiarizes us not only with Matisse's revolutionary art but his relationships with family and friends, his various aches and pains and his travels....Spurling is exceptional at capturing Matisse's personality andf his interests, those crucial elements to understanding his output, and she ably dramatizes his final years."Spurling, Hilary is the author of 'Matisse The Master A Life Of Henri Matisse The Conquest Of Colour 1909-1954', published 2005 under ISBN 9780679434290 and ISBN 0679434291.
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