HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)
Black Leaf On Red Ground
Collection Lois and George de Menil, NY
        
bookmark 160 mm | thick paper
published by Art + Form | Dresden | Germany

'Although intellectually sophisticated, Matisse always emphasized the 
importance of instinct and intuition in the production of a work of art. 
He argued that an artist did not have a complete control over color and 
form; instead, colors, shapes, and lines would come to dictate to the 
sensitive artist how they might be employed in relation to one another. 
He often emphasized his joy in abandoning himself to the play of the 
forces of color and design. Matisse is regarded as one of the great 
formative figures in 20th century art.'                                                       
         
Web Museum
        
                          
'Exactitude is not truth.'         Henri Matisse