Henri Matisse books

Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors: Drawing with Scissors (Smart About Art)

by: Jane O'Connor
An amusing introduction to the artist Matisse that I highly recommend. Written as though it's an 8-yr-old's school report, it is accessible and very informative. It includes reproductions of Matisse art and biographical information. Loved it. And it was useful as a teaching tool.

Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)

by: Mike Venezia
I was really impressed with not only how wonderfully the book related to children, but to the colorful art work as well. My son asked lots of questions and related this book to his life.

Henri Matisse (Taschen Basic Art Series)

by: Gilles Neret
This is a wonderful book. The color seems very accurate. There are many artbooks with inaccurate color reproduced. I compared several photos in this book with the real Matisse's paintings, the color is all accurate.

Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954

by: Hilary Spurling
Superb! Not only one of the best biographies I've read, it get's into the mind of the artist. This is not an easy thing to do. I read it as I would a novel, it was very hard to put down.

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