Henri Matisse, “ Le cheval, l’écuyère, et le clown (The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown),” plate V of XX, from Jazz, 1947, Pochoir (stencil) on Arches paper, 16 3/4” x 25 3/5” (© 2015 Succession H.

“Jazz” was recognized even in Matisse’s lifetime as a monumental chapter for the artist. A 1948 Philadelphia Museum of Art retrospective devoted an entire room to “Jazz,” and mass-consumer magazines ...

As winter gave way to spring, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 settled in at the Art Institute of Chicago for a three-month stay. The city immediately embraced the exhibit: its gala grand opening ...

Henri Cartier-Bresson, “Matisse with his collection of Kuba cloths and a Samoan tapa on the wall behind him, Villa La Rêve, Vence” (1944) (© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, image courtesy Museum ...

The first major exhibit celebrating the artwork that rejuvenated Henri Matisse's career in the 1930s will make its global debut in Philadelphia this fall. "Matisse in the 1930s" will premiere Oct. 19 ...

The hotly anticipated "Matisse in the Studio" opens tomorrow at the Royal Academy of Arts. "Matisse in the Studio" reveals the connections between the artist's collection and his art. Photos courtesy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metropolitan Museum of Art curator-at-large Dr. Denise Murrell stands near Henri Matisse's "Woman in White." The Des Moines Art ...

The history of modern art is filled with hilarious misjudgments by art critics. So it was in 1908 when Henri Matisse exhibited for the first time in New York City. One writer described “female figures ...

Matisse's great-granddaughter and Diebenkorn's daughter got to see the exhibition before it opened to the public; Gretchen Diebenkorn Grant, 71, and Sophie Matisse, 51, met for the first time at the ...

GROTON — Paul Matisse is proud of his artistic ancestry. His grandfather was famed French artist Henri Matisse, who changed the course of modern art. His father, Pierre, was acclaimed as a fine-art ...