Matisse-Picasso. From the Cubist years to the glorious years.
Amateur Editions| N° d'inventaire | 22417 |
| Format | 13.5 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 108 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Occasion |
| ISBN | 9782859173678 |
They are two Fauves, but of different races. One, Matisse, is sensation and reflection, the other, Picasso, invention and adventure. They were called "North Pole" and "South Pole"; the first was French, the second Spanish. They did not meet until 1905, but from then on they were inseparable. They watched each other, called out to each other, and spied on each other; their rivalry was nevertheless made of complicity, of connivance. They converse by confronting each other. Twelve years separate them, but also the vision and the conception of painting; they find themselves in audacity, sensuality, and uninterrupted creation. While Matisse is generally believed to be hostile to Cubism, he observes it, tries to understand the motivations of Picasso, whose research intrigues him; in his own way and style, he experiments with them and admits to having been "touched by them," particularly in his canvases and drawings of Morocco. They exhibited together for the first time at the Paul Guillaume Gallery in 1918, with a double preface by Apollinaire. After 1920, the "return to order" brought them face to face with sensualist hedonism. Of Matisse, Picasso said: "He has a sun in his belly." Picasso's work at the Grimaldi Castle in Antibes captivated Matisse, and when the latter decorated the chapel in Vence, Picasso, initially hostile, went to visit it and, after his death, paid homage to him... From the Cubist years, 1907-1914, to the glorious years after 1945, Picasso and Matisse, witnesses to each other, gave 20th-century art a dual image of genius, rivals and accomplices in their creation.
They are two Fauves, but of different races. One, Matisse, is sensation and reflection, the other, Picasso, invention and adventure. They were called "North Pole" and "South Pole"; the first was French, the second Spanish. They did not meet until 1905, but from then on they were inseparable. They watched each other, called out to each other, and spied on each other; their rivalry was nevertheless made of complicity, of connivance. They converse by confronting each other. Twelve years separate them, but also the vision and the conception of painting; they find themselves in audacity, sensuality, and uninterrupted creation. While Matisse is generally believed to be hostile to Cubism, he observes it, tries to understand the motivations of Picasso, whose research intrigues him; in his own way and style, he experiments with them and admits to having been "touched by them," particularly in his canvases and drawings of Morocco. They exhibited together for the first time at the Paul Guillaume Gallery in 1918, with a double preface by Apollinaire. After 1920, the "return to order" brought them face to face with sensualist hedonism. Of Matisse, Picasso said: "He has a sun in his belly." Picasso's work at the Grimaldi Castle in Antibes captivated Matisse, and when the latter decorated the chapel in Vence, Picasso, initially hostile, went to visit it and, after his death, paid homage to him... From the Cubist years, 1907-1914, to the glorious years after 1945, Picasso and Matisse, witnesses to each other, gave 20th-century art a dual image of genius, rivals and accomplices in their creation.