A new exhibition sheds light on Marguerite Matisse, who survived childhood trauma and Nazi torture to become her father’s ‘conscience’.

If you thought Henri Matisse an art-world staple—a true incontournable—his work entering the public domain in 2025 is only set to cement that ubiquity. He is already “everywhere”, as ...

Curator, Ann Temkin: The flowers in Nasturtiums with “The Dance” are the same flowers in the vase at the foreground of The Red Studio. Here, the nasturtiums are in front of MoMA's painting, Dance I, ...

Henri Matisse's love of painting began when he contracted appendicitis and was on bed rest. After studying in St. Tropez, he joined a group called the “Fauves” who used color in a very non-traditional ...

GLENN LOWRY: The female form was an important subject for Matisse throughout his career. Here he shapes the body out of color, delineating a woman’s figure with the sweep of his scissors. JODI ...

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The Webb home is adorned in numerous ceramic-tile patterns and depictions, including works inspired by Picasso and Matisse.

‘Your muse or your wife’ is quite the ultimatum to throw at an artist. But that was the choice Henri Matisse faced in 1939 when his wife of 30 years (you might know her as ‘Woman with a Hat’, 1905) ...

The Lion In Winter spent months as favourite for May’s Betfred 2,000 Guineas until that status got wiped out in seconds on a ...

In 1899, Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in love with L’Arlesienne and wanted to buy the portrait of ...

It is home to not only hundreds of unique plants—native azaleas, tulips, woodland wildflowers, heirloom roses, daffodils, and trilliums—but also a permanent art collection with works by Henri Matisse, ...