A comprehensive biographical and critical assessment of Matisse's life and work, incorporates many of the artist's own evaluations of his creative anxieties and difficulties and examines public and critical reaction to his work over the years
Alfred H. Barr Books
Alfred H. Barr, Jr. was an influential American art historian and the founding director of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. From this pivotal role, he profoundly shaped public perception and attitudes towards modern art. His impactful curation, exemplified by the significant Van Gogh exhibition in 1935, cemented the artist's enduring hold on the contemporary imagination.
Alfred H. Barr, directeur du Museum of Modern Art de New York, séjournant au printemps 1933 à Stuttgart pour raisons de santé, assiste aux conséquences immédiates de la prise du pouvoir par les nazis: peintres, cinéastes, directeurs de musées, architectes reçoivent des directives. De retour aux Etats-Unis, il mettra longtemps à obtenir la publication de ses textes où il rapporte, dans l'indifférence, ce dont il a été le témoin.
