Matisse & Picasso

The extraordinary relationship between Henry Matisse and Pablo Picasso is one of the most important and eventful narratives in modern art. Between them, they set the course of western art history in the first half of the 20th century, where Renaissance one-point perspective and realism were abandoned for radical ideas about depicting the third dimension. Their artistic rivalry and collaboration began the new story of modernism. This publication examines the paths of these two artists over the years and the way they each responded to the other’s work.

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Author Biography: Jane Kinsman is Head of International Art and Senior Curator of International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books at the National Gallery of Australia. Her publications and exhibitions at the Gallery include Lichtenstein to Warhol: The Kenneth Tyler Collection (2019), ‘What painting could be: Monet and the origins of Impressionism’, in Monet: Impression Sunrise (2019); California Cool (with Shaune Lakin et al, 2018); David Hockney Prints (2017); Frank Stella: The Kenneth Tyler Print Collection (2016); Workshop (with Jaklyn Babington et al, 2015); Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier (2014); Robert Motherwell: At Five in the Afternoon (2014); William Kentridge: Drawn from Africa (2013); Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris and the Moulin Rouge (2011).
Language: English
Country of Origin: Singapore
Page count: 196
Binding: Paperback
Search words: Modern art, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, modernism