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"No artist enjoys greater popularity than Pablo Picasso, and no other artist has been exhibited more often or studied so intensely. Yet there is still uncharted territory on the map of his opulent oeuvre: the subject of bathers and beach scenes that fascinated Picasso throughout his life." "This subject, so close to the heart of the century's leading artist, is illuminated in this illustrated volume featuring color reproductions of some 130 works from all of Picasso's creative periods. Comparable works by artists known to have inspired Picasso - among them Cezanne, Matisse, Honoir, Deram, Braque, Leger, and Miro - complete this unprecedented panorama."--BOOK JACKET.

Henri Matisse (1869 ?1954), is considered to be one of the preeminent artists of the early twentieth century. By placing its focus on the artist's portraits, the show as well as the exhibition catalogue will concentrate on a facet of his oeuvre, which has never yet been the theme of an exhibition. The concern here will be with the fascinating question as to how Matisse managed to create a likeness of his subject despite the fact that his consistent aim was the generally valid synthesis of the outward appearance of nature ? and not ”exactitude>true character>true portrait

Betr. u. a. Werke von Olivier Mosset und Dieter Roth.