Henri Matisse, Collector? See How the Artist’s Favorite Possessions Inspired His ... Matisse used these African sculptures and masks as inspiration for his art in a much more conceptual way ...

Henri Matisse's 1940 oil painting "Interior with an Etruscan Vase." (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) ... But African art wasn’t his only source of inspiration.

Once used as fighting words during the recent PMA strike, “Matisse in the 1930s” opens, tracing a transformative decade in the life of Henri Matisse. File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African schoolgirl leaned close to the Matisse painting. "I like the blue and yellow of the dress the woman is wearing. And then there is the bright red background ...

Henri Matisse created Figure devant tapa africain during his time living in Nice between 1917 to 1929. The present lot adeptly demonstrates the artist’s penchant for portraying women in exotic ...

As the gray days and chilly weather of February drag on, you may find yourself longing for sunshine and sea air. Although the curators at the Saint Louis Art Museum can’t quite conjure a salty breeze, ...

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 ...