Matisse as Magus.(Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954)(Book Review)

Art in America | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse; The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954, by Hilary Spurling, New York, Knopf, 2005, 512 pages, $40.

When it appeared in 1998, Hilary Spurling's The Unknown Matisse was well received, and with good reason: it was the first of two volumes projected to give an unprecedentedly complete account of Matisse's long and very productive life (1869-1954). (1) Impressively researched and detailed, the work took us not quite halfway--covering Matisse's early years in the grim countryside of industrialized French Flanders; his belated ...

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