Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview - Rilegato

Pierre Courthion

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ISBN 10: 1849762295 ISBN 13: 9781849762298

Casa editrice: Tate Publishing, 2013

Riassunto

In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed recovering from a serious operation. After months of complicated discussions between them, and just weeks before the book was to come out - the artist even had approved the cover design - Matisse suddenly refused its publication. Taken from a typescript of the interview which resides at the Getty Research Institute, this rich conversation (conducted during the Nazi occupation of France) is published for the first time in this volume, where it appears both in English translation and in the original French version. Matisse unravels memories of his youth and his life as a bohemian student in Gustave Moreau's atelier. He recounts his experience with collectors, including Alfred Barnes. He discusses fame, writers, musicians, politicians, and, most fascinatingly, his travels. With a preface by Claude Duthuit, Matisse's grandson, Chatting with Henri Matisse contains a preface by and essays by Yve-Alain Bois and Laurence Bertrand Dorleac. The book also includes unpublished correspondence and other original documents related to Courthion's interview and abounds with details about avant-garde life, tactics, and artistic creativity in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Serge Guilbaut is professor of art history at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, writes extensively on modern and contemporary art.

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In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed recovering from a serious operation. After months of complicated discussions between them, and just weeks before the book was to come out, Matisse suddenly refused its publication.
Taken from a typescript of the interview which resides at the Getty Research Institute, this rich conversation (conducted during the Nazi occupation of France) is published for the first time in this volume, where it appears both in English translation and in the original French version. Matisse unravels memories of his youth and his life as a bohemian student in Gustave Moreau's atelier. He recounts his experience with collectors, including Alfred Barnes. He discusses fame, writers, musicians, politicians and, most fascinatingly, his travels. With a preface by Claude Duthuit, Matisse's grandson, Chatting with Henri Matisse contains essays by Yve-Alain Bois and Laurence Bertrand Dorleac, and an introduction by Serge Guilbaut. The book also includes unpublished correspondence and other original documents related to Courthion's interview and abounds with details about avant-garde life, tactics and artistic creativity in the first half of the twentieth century.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Tate Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1849762295
• ISBN 13: 9781849762298
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile