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Henri Matisse (1869–1954)

October 1, 2004

By Magdalena Dabrowski

Initially trained as a lawyer, Matisse developed an interest in art only at age twenty-one.

Past Exhibition

Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

13 ottobre 2023–21 gennaio 2024

Over an intense nine weeks in the summer of 1905 in the modest fishing village of Collioure on the French Mediterranean, Henri Matisse and Andre Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new, radical artistic language later known as Fau…

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Exhibition Tour—Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism

November 9, 2023

Over an intense nine weeks in the summer of 1905 in the modest fishing village of Collioure on the French Mediterranean, Henri Matisse and André Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new, radical artistic language later known as Fauvism.

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Matisse: The Fabric of Dreams

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Art for Extraordinary Circumstances: Henri Matisse's "Jazz" and More

May 15, 2020

By Jennifer Farrell and The Digital Editors

Met staff reflect on artworks that were made under extraordinary circumstances, from Henri Matisse's "Jazz" to an opera by Gertrude Stein.

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Matisse: In Search of True Painting—An Exploration of Matisse’s Painting Process—Opens December 4 at Metropolitan Museum
December 4, 2012—March 17, 2013

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The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection

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The Final Days: Five Portraits from Leonardo to Matisse

December 27, 2017

By Dita Amory and Alison Manges Nogueira

Curators Dita Amory and Alison Manges Nogueira discuss five portrait drawings from the exhibition Leonardo to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection.

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