Henri Matisse
A Second Life
$26.10
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2014
Summary
An essential guide to one of the 20th century’s greatest artists - published in time for a major Tate Modern retrospective
Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and rival - Pablo Picasso. In a body of work spanning over a half-century, he was variously a draughtsman, a printmaker, a sculptor and a painter.
This short book is both a biography and a guide to his art. It focuses on the extraordinary…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241969083 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241969085 |
| Author: | Alastair Sooke |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 78g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 111mm x 8mm |
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Sooke is an immensely engaging character. He has none of the weighty self-regard that often afflicts art experts and critics; rather he approaches his subjects with a questioning, open, exploratory attitude – Sarah Vine * The Times *
His shows are excellent - clever, lively, scholarly, but not too lecturey; he’s very good at linking his painters with the world outside the studio, and at how these artists have affected the world today’ Sam Wollaston reviewing ‘Modern Masters’ * Guardian *
About The Author
Alastair Sooke
Alastair Sooke is the author of the biographies Henri Matisse- A Second Life and Roy Lichtenstein- How Modern Art was Saved by Donald Duck, both published by Penguin. He is art critic for the Daily Telegraph and is a popular BBC broadcaster. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
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