1869-1954

Surveys the life and work of twentieth-century artist Henri Matisse, and includes over eighty color and black-and-white illustrations.

An aspiring artist's daily routine of being embarrassed by his eccentric family is interrupted when he finds himself in the middle of an art museum fiasco involving Matisse's 1909 portrait of his son Pierre.

Discusses the life and work of French post-impressionist artist Henri Matisse.

A brief biography of the modern French artist accompanies reproductions and analyses of several of his works.