THE DAILY PIC (#1634): I can’t stand the overused term “masterpiece,” but I’ll happily use it of Henri Matisse’s Piano Lesson, one of the truly great pictures at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Pablo Picasso couldn’t have created his masterpiece Les Demoiselles d’Avignon in 1907 if it weren’t for the looming presence of Henri Matisse. Picasso was angered, frustrated and inspired by the ...

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The title "Henri Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917" fits perfectly the remarkable exhibition that opened last weekend at the Art Institute of Chicago. The show confirms that since then painting as ...

Many seeking to satisfy a craving for the artwork of Henri Matisse need go no further than Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation. With 59 paintings by Matisse it is one of the largest collections in the ...

To endow Emma Bovary with his feelings, Gustave Flaubert endowed objects with her feelings. When Rodolphe reneges on his promise to elope, Emma is prostrated by “brain fever.” The trappings of ...

In the late 1940s, an infirm and increasingly despondent Henri Matisse made repeat journeys along the French Riviera from his hideaway in Vence to Antibes. It was a most peculiar pilgrimage. An ...

Unless you’ve been watching the Ashes there’s not a lot to be cheerful about at the beginning of this year. To go – literally – anywhere is to be sure of receiving a COVID-19 notification, but if ...