Catalogue Matisse : L'Atelier rouge

Description

Created in 1911, Henri Matisse's The Red Studio would go on to become one of the most influential works in the history of modern art. The painting, which has hung in MoMA's galleries since 1949, depicts the artist's studio in the Parisian suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, filled with his artworks, furniture, and decorative objects. Matisse's radical decision to blanket most of the work's surface in red has fascinated generations of scholars and artists, yet much remained to be discovered about the painting's genesis and history.

Published in French for the exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, "Matisse : L'Atelier rouge" features analyses by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA, and Dorthe Aagesen, researcher and chief curator at the SMK. A narrative essay which traces the life of The Red Studio, from the initial commissioning of the work through its early history of exhibition and ownership to its arrival at MoMA. With its groundbreaking research and close reading of the work, this catalogue transforms our understanding of this landmark of twentieth-century art.