Matisse

by Gilles Néret

. Cromwell Editions, 1993, bright clean copy, no markings, with dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Art History, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 1996

About the author

Gilles Néret (6 November 1933 - 3 August 2005) was a French art critic and historian, journalist and curator. He wrote extensively on the history of erotica.

He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L’Oeil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. Since 1992, Néret was an editor for Taschen, for which he has written catalogues raisonnés of the works of Klimt and others, as well as the author of Erotica Universalis.

Reviews

[AC]

This book (ISBN: 9783822850206) which is part of the Tauschen 25th Anniversary Special Editions, is quite different, and far far better than Essers' little volume. It is hardbound, by inexpensive. This book has over 250 pages of beautiful prints, many of which I've never seen before - from private collections, and so forth -- some of which I can't find on-line. There is a paperback listed for this volume on Amazon, but I think it may be Essers'. At any rate, it's really given me an appreciation of Matisse.

[Juan Manuel]

La paleta de colores y la simplificación de las formas en Matisse generan sensaciones sublimes. Sus obras, la alegría de vivir, danza, retrato de Ivonne Landsberg, la blusa rumana y la capilla y muchas otras... Son geniales

[Theresa]

good art read

[Kelsey]

It’s nice how much of his work is included in this and referenced directly in the text, but the writing is redundant and dry.

[Lyle Bernstein-Kevorkian]

fantastic prints

[Cameron Toney]

A nice overview of Matisse, both his life and his work, with a specific interest in those who influenced him, and those he influenced.
And, of course, lots and lots of gorgeous pictures!

[M]

The work of Matisse is like a hymn dedicated to the voluptuous color.

[Zanna]

I think this is an outstanding art book, and it certainly increased my love for the joyous, fluent, form-breaking work of Matisse.

[Kaylee]

Written in an awful art critic dialect. I skimmed the text and enjoyed the pictures.