The final years of Henri Matisse's artistic life, marked by the Nazi occupation of France and a brush with death and surgery, will light up a twilight retrospective opening next week. From Tuesday, ...

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Grammont, who also heads the graphic art department at the French capital's famed Pompidou museum, bristles at the long-standing accusation that Matisse abandoned the art of painting for cut-outs in ...

Artists follow varied career paths. Some maintain strong, steady production throughout their lifetimes. Some fade over time. Some are one-hit wonders who score success with one body of work that they ...