NP MatissePicasso web site
Doug Millison
pynchonoid at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 2 09:39:53 CDT 2002
Matisse Picasso
http://www.matissepicasso.com/
As the twin giants of modern art, Henri Matisse and
Pablo Picasso
may seem to be opposites. However, this site, and the
three-city
exhibition on which it's based, shows how the artists
are complementary
and their works influenced each other. Despite an
initial rivalry,
each felt the influence of the other. Matisse
acknowledged, "Picasso
sees everything." Later, Picasso noted, "When Matisse
died he left
his odalisques to me as a legacy," perhaps alluding to
the intriguing
nudes they both painted. The site features six sets of
paintings
by each artist with a side-by-side comparative
analysis. Viewing
a pairing such as Matisse's "Goldfish and Palette" and
Picasso's
"Harlequin" shows how the two artists sparked one
another's creativity
to new heights. The chronology notes the artists'
interactions,
from their first meeting in the winter of 1905-1906 to
Matisse's
death in 1954. The commitment of both men to
reality-based art drew
them together, and that commitment will draw you into
their
world.
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