1869-1954

Explores the artistic relationship between Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, both acknowledged masters of modern art, discussing their rivalry and grudging respect for each other, and includes reproductions of their work, notes, and a chronology.

Text and color illustrations chronicle the life and career of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French artist Henri Matisse.

Text and more than two hundred illustrations offer a comprehensive account of Henri Matisse's activity as a painter of portraits and self-portraits.

Evaluates the artist's career and his relationship to tradition and to contemporary art.

Draws from unpublished correspondence between art dealer Pierre Matisse and his famous father, French artist Henri Matisse, to provide details about their private and personal lives, and to explore the creative efforts of some of the artists they sponsored and represented.