Name/Title
Matisse, his art and his textiles : the fabric of dreamsEntry/Object ID
N9500.M38.S6Description
Textiles were the key to Matisse's visual imagination. His ancestors had been weavers for generations: the textures and vibrancy of cloth were in his blood. Although Matisse was to outgrow every other influence, textiles retained their power to inspire his imagination throughout his life. His studio in Nice was a treasure house of exotic Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, curtains, costumes, patterned screens and backcloths. This sumptuously illustrated book, which includes over 100 works by Matisse together with numerous colourful fabrics, is the catalogue of a groundbreaking exhibition at the Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Matisse's relationship with the textiles that surrounded him from his earliest days is revealed here for the first time. Charting how the fabrics he painted from became the very fabric of his paintings, the authors examine the ways in which Matisse used what he called his "working library" of textiles to furnish, order and compose some of the twentieth century's most pioneering works of art.Lexicon
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artist monographs, textile fabrics in artBook Details
Author
Hilary Spurling, Ann Dumas, Musée Matisse, Royal Academy of Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)Publisher
Royal Academy of ArtsDate Published
2004Call No.
N9500.M38.S6ISBN
1903973473, 9781903973479LCCN
2006273796Notes
Length: 212