Second edition, revised and enlarged.
Part of the Colour Library series.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is a major figure in the history of twentieth-century art, and one whose varied, but consistently innovative work has enchanted and delighted an enormous audience. Matisse was always experimenting in his art - in his youth with Fauvism; late in life, confined to bed, with the paper cut-outs of breathtaking simplicity and beauty. Perhaps more than any other artist this century, Matissse gloried in the use of colour, and its power to move the onlooker.
This survey presents the artist's output from over half a century. The introduction is fully illustrated, and the full-page colour plates are discussed in detail in the accompanying notes, making this a prefect introduction to an extraordinarily popular artist.
Includes 87 illustrations, 52 in colour.
