Flint Institute of Arts
1120 East Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48503
Flint, MI 48503
Page loaded successfully. Showing museums for Henri Matisse.
Artist Museums
Museums page for Henri Matisse ((1869 - 1954)), known for Fauve modernist painting; sculpture. Showing 8 museum collections and exhibitions.
Henri Matisse MUSEUMS
1869 Nice, France - 1954 Vence, France. Known for: Fauve modernist painting; sculpture.
Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town... Read full biography
Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was... Read full biography
Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension. Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first... Read full biography
Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension. Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first began to paint, using a box of colors given to him by his mother. Little more than a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of drawing from plaster casts and nude models and of copying paintings... Read full biography
Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension. Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first began to paint, using a box of colors given to him by his mother. Little more than a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of drawing from plaster casts and nude models and of copying paintings in the Louvre. He soon rebelled against the school's conservative atmosphere; he replaced the dark tones of h... Read full biography
Henri Matisse - Artist Info
About Henri Matisse: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsGodwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Minnesota Marine Art Museum
800 Riverview Drive
Winona, MN 55987Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400The Barnes Foundation
2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423