Metropolitan Museum of Art curator-at-large Dr. Denise Murrell stands near Henri Matisse's "Woman in White." The Des Moines Art Center has plenty of interesting works in its permanent collection. Now ...

Henri Matisse’s The Swimming Pool (1952) is a skeletal vision of summer. It features only ripples of blue against a tan background, so it’s the viewer who conjures the leaping bodies, the shapes of ...

The artist's most famous works are in museums, and his collectors can be fickle. Recently, his late work has been reassessed. Alvin Langdon Coburn, portrait of Henri Matisse, 1913. Via Wikimedia ...

Baltimore Museum of Art acquires Matisse etchings among 250 new works ...

Once used as fighting words during the recent PMA strike, “Matisse in the 1930s” opens, tracing a transformative decade in the life of Henri Matisse. File photo: Philadelphia Museum of Arts is opening ...

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), a French artist, was a leading figure in modern art, known for his vibrant use of color and fluid draughtsmanship. Matisse's career spanned over six decades, encompassing ...

The Des Moines Art Center has plenty of interesting works in its permanent collection. Now one is on the road, stopping first ...