Month: November 2022

• Henri Matisse and that cursed armchair

  

  Henri Matisse liked to paint quiet moments of repose in order to catch his breath before returning to the turmoils of life. Peace of mind is what he craved and what he wanted to bestow on us. Does it mean he wasn’t quite serious enough as an artist?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-11-06

  Art History, Diane Tucker, Fauvism, Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse Paintings, like a good armchair, Modernism

  Diane Tucker, Great stories about great paintings, Henri Matisse, Interior at Nice, Modern Art, Open Window Collioure, The Sorrows of the King, Urbanization