In addition to the enigmatic The Codomas, Henri Matisse distinguished three other images with a name, Icarus, Monsieur Loyal and Pierrot’s Funeral for his landmark livre d’artiste Jazz. While the characters Loyal, Pierrot and Icarus were readily identifiable and the images could be interpreted within the context of the difficulties of the German Occupation of France, extensive investigations could not uncover any trace of the name Codoma. Widely considered to be an acrobatic troupe, this article reports on the search to decipher The Codomas. What this research discovered was an internationally renowned circus troupe called The Flying Codonas whose repeated tragedies were widely reported in France. The misfortunes of The Flying Codonas were ...
Invention 1913–1917, ” focused on a breakthrough in Matisse’s art that the curators attribute to the...
This article introduces and studies a different aspect of the works of a twen-tieth century artist c...
[The author of this article, an artist himself, explores the significance of the masque in different...
Henri Matisse’s images in Jazz, created during the disruption of the German Occupation of France, we...
Henri Matisse’s Jazz is a book that has captivated art lovers and bibliophiles around the world. But...
From flamenco guitarists to parlour pianists, Matisse’s images of music-making often appear within d...
In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed ...
This paper aims to situate and define jazz manouche as a musical style and sub-genre within the broa...
“A dictatorship weighed upon Montmartre and Montparnasse,” the Parisian centers of avant-garde activ...
In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed ...
In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev arrived in Paris with a troupe of dancers that would soon take the city by...
The richness and complexity of layered meanings hidden inside Scott Joplin's opera, Treemonisha leav...
This study is an investigation of the livre d’artiste as a strategic instrument in the cultural batt...
Henri Matisse was the leading painter in the Fauve movement. As a French Expressionist, he was drive...
The exhibition Matisse: The Red Studio allowed for an in-depth study of The Red Studio (1911) and si...
Invention 1913–1917, ” focused on a breakthrough in Matisse’s art that the curators attribute to the...
This article introduces and studies a different aspect of the works of a twen-tieth century artist c...
[The author of this article, an artist himself, explores the significance of the masque in different...
Henri Matisse’s images in Jazz, created during the disruption of the German Occupation of France, we...
Henri Matisse’s Jazz is a book that has captivated art lovers and bibliophiles around the world. But...
From flamenco guitarists to parlour pianists, Matisse’s images of music-making often appear within d...
In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed ...
This paper aims to situate and define jazz manouche as a musical style and sub-genre within the broa...
“A dictatorship weighed upon Montmartre and Montparnasse,” the Parisian centers of avant-garde activ...
In 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed ...
In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev arrived in Paris with a troupe of dancers that would soon take the city by...
The richness and complexity of layered meanings hidden inside Scott Joplin's opera, Treemonisha leav...
This study is an investigation of the livre d’artiste as a strategic instrument in the cultural batt...
Henri Matisse was the leading painter in the Fauve movement. As a French Expressionist, he was drive...
The exhibition Matisse: The Red Studio allowed for an in-depth study of The Red Studio (1911) and si...
Invention 1913–1917, ” focused on a breakthrough in Matisse’s art that the curators attribute to the...
This article introduces and studies a different aspect of the works of a twen-tieth century artist c...
[The author of this article, an artist himself, explores the significance of the masque in different...