1972 Henri Matisse Art Book Hardcover Vintage Sandra Orienti 1970s Spain

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A highly collectible vintage art book dedicated to the life of the French artist Henri Matisse

Large format / Hardcover … Read more A highly collectible vintage art book dedicated to the life of the French artist Henri Matisse

Large format / Hardcover edition without dust jacket
Author: Sandra Orienti
Written in Spanish by Fernando Hernandez
Published in 1972 by Ediciones Nauta S.A., Barcelona
Printed in Spain by Publicaciones Reunidas, S.A. Barcelona
Year of printing: 1972
95 Pages
Features 20 black & white pictures, and 38 color artworks - all printed on high-quality paper

MEASUREMENTS: 12.2 x 9.56 inches / 31.2cm x 24.3cm

CONDITION: Pre-loved / 52 Years old book / Overall in good condition
With typical signs of inadequate storage and small damages
Some yellowing on the upper right corner of the hardcover, plus the first and the last pages
The pages yellowed - normal due to age
The back cover upper corner is damaged
The dust jacket is missing
The content is in excellent condition
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About the artist: Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of color and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.[1] Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.

The intense colorism of his works between 1900 and 1905 brought him notoriety as one of the Fauves (French for "wild beasts"). Many of his finest works were created in the decade after 1906 when he developed a rigorous style emphasizing flattened forms and decorative patterns. In 1917, he relocated to a suburb of Nice on the French Riviera, and the more relaxed style of his work during the 1920s gained him critical acclaim as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.[6] After 1930, he adopted a bolder simplification of form. When ill health in his final years prevented him from painting, he created an important body of work in cut paper collages.

His mastery of the expressive language of color and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

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