Artwork: Dancer (Danseuse)

Artist: Matisse (1869-1954)

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About: between 1931-1933

Medium: #1Pastel

Dimensions: 32.2 x 25.7 cm

Location: Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

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“Matisse himself did much to cultivate this upper-class, even professional, air (his fellow students even nicknamed him “the doctor”). The nickname stuck, a cross between Socrates and Pasteur, and he even bore a physical resemblance to the latter. When, in 1813, Clara MacChesney expressed surprise 😦 that such an “abnormal” work of art had been produced by a man who looked so “ordinary and sane”, Matisse replied: “Oh, be sure to tell the Americans that I am a normal person, that I am devoted father and husband, that I have three beautiful children, that I attended the theatre 🎭, ride horses 🐎, that I have a comfortable home 🏡 and a beautiful garden 🪴 I love, with flowers 💐, etc., just like everyone else.”

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Source: #1TASCHEN (Matisse – #GillesNeret/#Simplifyingpainting/pg #seven)#sourceourcollectionofbook #sourceourbookcollection

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