Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metropolitan Museum of Art curator-at-large Dr. Denise Murrell stands near Henri Matisse's "Woman in White." The Des Moines Art ...

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own career ...

In a coming exhibition, MoMA will feature the artworks within this famed painting. Two of them will be on public view for the first time in 50 years. By Robin Pogrebin When Henri Matisse painted “The ...

ST. LOUIS — Are you near a window? Try looking out. Henri Matisse used to look out windows a lot. He saw colors. Hilary Spurling, in her great Matisse biography, reported that the French artist once ...

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Henri Matisse (1869–1954). Two genius painters representing the 20th century. Symbols of ‘Cubism’ and ‘Fauvism.’ Yet, their relationship defies simple summary. Though ...

Two Henri Matisse paintings from 1939 that were part of the same collection before the war have reunited decades later. images provided by the Art Institute of Chicago Matisses, Picassos, Cézannes.

The Des Moines Art Center has plenty of interesting works in its permanent collection. Now one is on the road, stopping first in New York City and then across the Atlantic to Switzerland before ...