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Article: Unfolding Matisse: Henri Matisse's "working library" of textiles, packed away in trunks and closets since the artist's death in 1954, is now the focus of a revelatory exhibition of artworks and fabrics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.(influences of recurring fabric motifs)(Critical Essay)
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- Art in America
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- September 1, 2005
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Animals, as Claude Levi-Strauss put it in his study of totemism, are good for thinking with. Likewise, Henri Matisse might have affirmed that textiles are good for painting with. Good for exhibiting paintings with as well, as attested by a fine and admirably concise exhibition with a rather cumbersome title, "Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams." Museum curators are always looking for new angles on the blockbuster-worthy masters--the Monets, the Picassos, and so on--but rarely do they succeed in helping us see the work afresh. More often these shows are opportunities to revisit old favorites and add some mental footnotes to what one already knows. Here ...
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Article: Multicolour Matisse.
The Daily Mail (London, England);
March 18, 2005 ;
700+ words
...Byline: ROBIN SIMON Matisse: His Art And His Textiles (Royal Academy, London) Verdict: A feast of pattern and colour THE ... new display sounded too neat to be true. The art of Matisse is full of colourful textiles, so someone came up with ...
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