{"product_id":"matisse-9783836589192","title":"Matisse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToward the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor, and lithographer, an elderly, sickly Matisse was unable to stand and use a paintbrush for long. In this late phase of his life—he was almost 80 years of age—he developed the technique of \"carving into color,\" creating bright, bold paper cut-outs. Though dismissed by some contemporary critics as the folly of a senile old man, these gouaches decoupées (gouache cut-outs) in fact represented a revolution in modern art, \u003cstrong\u003ea whole new medium that reimagined the age-old conflict between color and line.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eedition of the first volume of our original award-winning XXL book\u003c\/strong\u003e provides a thorough historical context to Matisse's cut-outs, tracing their roots to his 1930 trip to Tahiti and continuing through to his final years in Nice. It includes many photos of Matisse, as well as some rare images by \u003cstrong\u003eHenri Cartier-Bresson\u003c\/strong\u003e and the filmmaker \u003cstrong\u003eF. W. Murnau\u003c\/strong\u003e, with texts by \u003cstrong\u003eMatisse\u003c\/strong\u003e, publisher \u003cstrong\u003eE. Tériade\u003c\/strong\u003e, the poets \u003cstrong\u003eLouis Aragon, Henri Michaux,\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePierre Reverdy\u003c\/strong\u003e, and Matisse's son-in-law \u003cstrong\u003eGeorges Duthuit\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn their deceptive simplicity, the cut-outs achieved both a \u003cstrong\u003esculptural quality and an early minimalist abstraction, which would profoundly influence generations of artists to come.\u003c\/strong\u003e Exuberant, multi-hued, and often grand in scale, these works are true pillars of 20th-century art, and as bold and innovative to behold today as they were in Matisse's lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558963560684,"sku":"9783836589192","price":62.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836589192-matisse.jpg?v=1776924163","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/matisse-9783836589192","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}