Henri Matisse - Fondation Beyeler Museum

The Fondation Beyeler presents the first Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland and in the German-speaking world in almost 20 years.

Matisse (1869–1954) ranks among the most famous exponents of modern art. His groundbreaking work has had a profound influence on generations of artists, from his contemporaries up to the present day.By freeing colour from the motif and simplifying forms, he redefined painting and brought a hitherto unknown lightness to art. With more than 70 major works on loan from prestigious European and American museums as well as private collections, the exhibition highlights the development and the wide range of the artist’s pioneering oeuvre. It begins with the early works created around 1900, moving on to the revolutionary paintings of Fauvism and the experimental works of the 1910s, the sensual paintings of the Nice period and the 1930s, before culminating in the legendary cut-outs of his late work in the 1940s and 1950s. Go to Website

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