Matisse: The Red Studio - Exhibition catalogue

WRITTEN IN FRENCH

Created in 1911, Henri Matisse's The Red Studio has become one of the most influential works in the history of modern art.
Acquired in 1949 by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, where it has since been exhibited, this painting represents the artist's studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, a close suburb of Paris. It shows a space filled with paintings, furniture and decorative objects. Matisse's radical decision to cover most of the painting's surface in red has fascinated generations of scholars and artists, but there was still much to discover about the work's genesis and history.

This abundantly illustrated work accompanies the exhibition dedicated to the Red Studio which brings together, for the first time since they left the artist's studio, the paintings, sculptures and objects which appear there - which it These include the three paintings now kept in Denmark in the collections of the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, including Le Luxe (II) (1907-1908), or lesser-known pieces which have only recently been located.

Published in French on the occasion of the Paris section of the exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Matisse, L'Atelier rouge offers analyzes by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, and Dorthe Aagesen, researcher and chief curator at SMK. Together, they retrace the journey of Matisse's painting, from its initial commission to its arrival in New York, including the history of its exhibitions and its successive owners. Through their in-depth research and careful reading, they transform our understanding of this key work of 20th century art.

Exhibition Matisse. The Red Studio at the Fondation Louis Vuitton from 4 May to 9 September 2024.

French
232 pages

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