Henri Matisse
Christie's Auctions Matisse for $33.6 Million
“L’Odalisque, Harmonie Bleue,” a 1937 Matisse canvas depicting one of the artist’s favorite models lounging in a heavily patterned interior, went for $33.6 million at the Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art auction last night at Rockefeller Center.
An Eminent Art Historian Says Thanks for Nothing
When someone who was once at the helm of MoMA promises to confront our uncertainties about the last read more »
Dealer Pierre Matisse, Henri's Collector Son, Shown at Metropolitan
The late Pierre Matisse (1900-1989), the younger son of the French master Henri Matisse, was one of read more »
Currently Hanging
Calm, Stately Cruciform ShapesExcite Respect, Not EnthusiasmThe painter Harvey Quaytman, who died la read more »
Patrick Henry Bruce, Forgotten Modernist Influenced Matisse
There can hardly be a sadder story in the annals of 20th-century American art than the career of Pat read more »
Matisse Collection At Morgan Library Best Show in Town
It was to be expected that, when the Morgan Library got around to mounting its first exhibitions of read more »
Meet the Meticulous Mob Of 'Wild Beast' Matisse
Owing to a temporary absence from New York, I was late in getting to see the Académie Matisse exhib read more »
The Sublime Matisse Loved Ridiculous Gustave Moreau
About the 19th-century French painter Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), whose work is currently the subjec read more »
Despite Mentor Matisse, Weber Lost Early Magic
Toward the end of Hilary Spurling's The Unknown Matisse (Knopf), the recently published first volume read more »
Hail, Richard Diebenkorn! So Heroic, So Underrated
Few painters of his generation in America are more highly esteemed today-esteemed, that is, as paint read more »










