SFMoMA Museum of Modern Art

Matisse from SFMOMA

09 Nov 2013 - 07 Sep 2014

Henri Matisse
La Conversation (The Conversation), 1938
oil on canvas
Collection SFMOMA, Bequest of Mr. James D. Zellerbach; © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Ben Blackwell
MATISSE FROM SFMOMA
9 November 2013 - 7 September 2014

This jewel-sized exhibition features 23 paintings, drawings, and bronzes from SFMOMA's internationally acclaimed collection of the work of Henri Matisse, joined by four important paintings and drawings from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Celebrating the Bay Area's early and long-standing enthusiasm for the French artist, the exhibition traces four decades of Matisse's career, from a Cézanne-inspired still life from the turn of the last century to his richly patterned interiors from the 1920s and 1930s. Of special note are the vibrantly colored pictures from the artist's Fauve period, from 1905 to 1908, when Matisse first rose to prominence as a leader of modern French painting.
 

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