Henri Matisse often turned to sculpture early in his career in an attempt "to put order into my feelings and find a style to suit me." to LACMA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 57 (ill.), 58, as The Serf. cat., introduction by Andrew Carnduff Ritchie (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952), p. 45, cat. At the age of 18, he … He was mostly recognized as a painter even though he was also a sculptor, printmaker and draughtsman. 3. More than half of his total output of sculpture dates to between 1900 and 1909, and these works reveal a deep interest in the human figure, as well as ancient and Old Master works of art. Stephanie D’Alessandro, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, with contributions by Renée DeVoe Mertz, exh. 15, 1953), Paris, Garches, France, and Palo Alto, CA, c. 1908 [Kimball 1948; letter from Fiske Kimball to R. Sturgis Ingersoll, February 25, 1947, Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives; photocopy in curatorial file]. Michael (March 26, 1865–Sept. (Baltimore Museum of Art/Dallas Museum of Art/Nasher Sculpture Center/Yale University Press, 2007), pp. Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 1966), n. pag. 3, pl. Frances described the mural as having “a marvellous luminosity” and said “its simplicity of design never fails to bring warmth, gaiety, color and beauty to an area observed by all who pass through any part of the house. 75, as The Slave, 1900–03; Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 22–Mar. Gregory Sims (C. Duthuit, 1997), p. 10, cat. Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Yale University Press, 2011), p. 152, as The Serf, 1900–1903. 1, as Le Serf—L’Esclave/The Serf—The Slave, Paris, 1900–1903 [cast c. 1908]. Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Yale University Press, 2011), p. 424, as Serf, 1900–1903 (cast ca. The Art Institute’s work is an early cast (1908) of a total edition of 10 and was once owned by Matisse’s most enthusiastic early supporters, Michael and Sarah Stein. To see a…, Join museum educators, artists, curators, and experts for artist talks, virtual…, Luchita Hurtado: I Live I Die I Will Be Reborn presents the first career survey…, Join virtual Andell Family Sundays @ Home! 910, as Le serf (bronze). Concerts feature leading international and local…, Art & Music,Jazz at LACMA,Latin Sounds,Sundays Live, Painting, printmaking, collage, and more—all from the comfort of your own home!…, Random International’s Rain Room (2012) is an immersive environment of perpetual…, Typography is at the heart of visual communication. 7, 1952, cat. The mural Apollo (pictured below) was Matisse’s initial proposal for the Brodys’ commission, they rejected it and persuaded him to make a new design. 55 (Sept. 1966), p. 223, fig. Open today 10–11 a.m. members | 11 a.m.–6 p.m. public. Facts about Henri Matisse tell the readers about the famous French artist. It makes me wonder, although Matisse is one of my all-time favourite artists, and I’m in love with this mural, if I lived with it, would it lose its magic? introduction by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1951), pp. 7, 1975, cat. 17; 389, no. 25; 385, pls. In 2010, Matisse's large ceramic, La Gerbe (The Sheaf) was bequeathed to LACMA. © 2018 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Signed on base, l. rear: "Henri Matisse 1/10", 91.5 × 30.5 × 34.3 cm (36 × 12 × 13 1/2 in.