Henri Matisse

Paris

Through a selection of masterpieces by the artist, the exhibition Matisse, pairs and sets illuminates a singular aspect of his art: the exploration of the same subject repeatedly, the same pattern, which allows the artist to explore the painting itself. Pairs or sets, these ricochets formal variations framework, drawing, touch, color, are a regular features of his work.

The exhibition comprises sixty paintings and thirty drawings, to trace his artistic career, from 1899 to 1952. Faced with these couples and these digressions, that’s all the work of Matisse and he is allowed to enter, with its breaks, its reversals and his conquests.

Centre Pompidou

March 7th – June 18th, 2012
Place Georges-Pompidou
75004 Paris
France

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