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Matisse's Sculptures
Title: Woman Leaning on Her Hands, 1905
Artist: Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954)
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 4 7/8 × 9 3/8 × 6 3/8 in. (12.4 × 23.8 × 16.2 cm)
Permanent Collection: The Baltimore Museum of Art
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and
Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland.
BMA 1950.424
© 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Image Courtesy: Dallas Museum of Art
Henri Matisse:
Painter as Sculptor
The versatile Henri Matisse was a painter, draftsman, printmaker, designer and a sculptor. Throughout his artistic career,
which began after he abandoned his law studies, he sculpted. Matisse,
in the midst of his legal schooling, required a stomach operation. He was bedridden for nearly a year, in 1890 and to pass the time began to draw. His enjoyment and talent led
him to attend art classes in Paris. Early in his career he focused upon his
paintings; his first exhibit of his sculptures took place over two decade later in 1912.
Foremost a painter, Matisse used his sculpture as a teaching method for him to define his
ideas. Often he would create a series of sculptures based upon a theme that
he wished to explore. Currently there is an exhibit organized that focuses on Matisse's sculptures.
The Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center partnered together to
present the first major exhibition in over twenty years to explore Henri
Matisse’s sculptural works. Matisse: Painter as Sculptor will examine the
artist’s sculpture as a vital part of his oeuvre and will delve into the Frenchman's
achievements as a sculptor. Included will be over 150 sculptures,
paintings, and drawings, as well as photographs of the artist at work.
Title: Still Life with a Geranium, 1906
Artist: Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 38 ˝ × 31 ˝ in. (100.3 × 81.5 cm)
Permanent Collection: The Art Institute of Chicago
Joseph Winterbotham Collection
© 2007 Succession H. Matisse, Paris/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Image Courtesy: Dallas Museum of Art
“Matisse: Painter as Sculptor is representative of the Dallas Museum of Art and
the Nasher Sculpture Center’s commitment to the study of early Modernism and
marks the first time that we, as neighboring institutions, have partnered
together on an exhibition,” said John R. Lane, The Eugene McDermott Director of
the Dallas Museum of Art, and Steven A. Nash, Director of the Nasher Sculpture
Center. “This unique collaboration sets a precedent for future institutional
partnerships among the network of North Texas museums, further establishing the
Dallas-Fort Worth area as a leading center for the study and appreciation of
modern and contemporary art.”
“The exhibition presents a chronological trajectory of the great master’s work,
with an emphasis on process and the relationship between media, and encourages
viewers to reevaluate their understanding of Matisse and his art,” said Dorothy
Kosinski, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture and The Barbara Thomas Lemmon
Curator of European Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dr. Kosinski is also
project director for the exhibition. “The exhibition will reveal Matisse’s
complex working process and provide visitors with the opportunity to explore how
a drawing developed with sculpture or how a sculpture influenced a painting.”
The exhibit will examine Matisse among other sculptors including works by
Alexander Archipenko, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Cézanne, Edgar
Degas, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Rodin.
Henri Matisse: Painter as Sculptor
Dallas Museum of Art and
Nasher Sculpture Centre:
January 21, 2007- April 29, 2007
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art:
June 9 – September 16, 2007
The Baltimore Museum of Art:
October 28, 2007 – February 3, 2008
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