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Matisse

Installation view of the Matisse in the Studio exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London (5 August - 12 November 2017)

RA Exhibitions

7 years ago

Inside the show: Matisse in the Studio

From African masks to ornate furniture, the objects that Henri Matisse collected throughout his life played a key role in his art. Learn more in these videos with curator Ann Dumas.

, Photograph of Matisse painting the model Zita at 1 Place Charles-Félix, Nice

RA Exhibitions

> 7 years ago

Matisse’s studio: “an interior world of his own making”

With our Matisse in the Studio exhibition now open, Nicholas Watkins reveals the artist’s working practice – orchestrating objects and models in his French ateliers to explore colour, line and space.
Burlington House from the Annenburg Courtyard

RA Exhibitions

> 8 years ago

What’s coming up in 2017 at the Royal Academy of Arts

The RA’s Artistic Director introduces our 2017 exhibition programme, which explores some of the most momentous developments in 20th-century art.

The interior of the chapel with the altar and the Tree of Life stained-glass window

Artists

< 11 years ago

An extract from ‘Matisse: The Chapel at Vence’

Read an extract from RA Publications’ new book on the chapel that Henri Matisse considered his greatest work.
Mali Morris RA, Glide

Artists

< 11 years ago

Cutting it fine

As Tate Modern mounts a major show of Matisse’s cut-outs, painter Mali Morris RA pays tribute to the artist’s directness, inventiveness and exuberance