Matisse

Description

In this richly illustrated study, Lawrence Gowing takes us through Matisse's career, assessing the lifetime of arduous labor that culminated in the apparent spontaneity of his color and ease of his imagery, and in the formidable intelligence of his compositions. A detailed discussion of individual works reveals the subtlety and complexity of one of the greatest masters of our time.

Sir Lawrence Gowing RA (1918 - 1991) was an English artist, writer, curator and teacher. Initially recognised as a portrait and landscape painter, he quickly rose to prominence as an art educator, writer, and eventually, curator and museum trustee.

'No artist of the 20th century was so involved with the process of looking at the world and questioning that looking as was Matisse - and Gowing understands that completely' - Art in America 'Literate, informed and discerning' - Choice