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 Book order
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.
- 1951
