Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts

Author: John Bidwell (Curatorial Chair, The Morgan Library) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 The great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist, a remarkable draftsman, and a creative genius: this is the Matisse known and admired by everyone with even a passing interest in modern art. But few know Matisse as an artist who designed and illustrated his own books. From 1912 until his death in 1954, he...Read more