Article: Resurrecting Matisse: a new biography revives the life but not the art.(Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954)(The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Early Years, 1869-1908)(Book Review)

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Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954, by Hilary Spurling. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.512 pages. $40.

The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Early Years, 1869-1908, by Hilary Spurling. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005 (paper). 512 pages. $24.95.

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is understood to be an innovative genius and master of twentieth-century art; together with Picasso, he is accepted as one of the titans of modernism. Despite the familiar accolades, however, there has always been a misunderstanding and mistrust surrounding the elements of simplicity and beauty in Matisse's work--as ...

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