Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century''s greatest artists
''One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.''
Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then some...
Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century''s greatest artists
''One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.''
Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then some...
