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every good work of art is a kind of joke
“No , the French spirit will never live in this German larva, in this beer-filled thing which is at the Salon.” wrote a rival sculptor in the “Revue de Monde Catholique”. Others dubbed Rodin “the Michelangelo of the goiter”. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Elsen, Auguste Rodin, Diego Rivera, Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, Emile Zola, Honore de Balzac, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Michelangelo Moses, Otto Rank, Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud
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MATISSE: “Abnormal to the Last Degree”
The man who created this exotic and compelling art was not easy to know. In 1913, the New York Times dispatched Clara T. MacChesney to interview “The King of the Fauves” in his home outside Paris. Aware that Matisse’s work … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Elsen, Andre Derain, Catherine Bock-Weiss, Clara T. MacChesney, Donald Kuspit, Fauvism, Fernande Olivier, Gertrude Stein, Hilary Spurling, Hilton Kramer, jack Flam, John Elderfield, Laura McPhee, Leo Stein, Michele Leight, Pablo Picasso, Raoul Dufy, Riva Castleman
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MATISSE SCULPTURE: Static Mass Into Dynamic Emblem
Henri Matisse did not concern himself only with painting, when what would be termed “fauvism” was coming forth in the summer of 1905 when he was in Collioure with Andre Derain. He also drew continually, and pondered the possibilities of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Elsen, Conor Jordan, Donald Kuspit, Henri Matisse, John Elderfield, Karl Ruhrberg, Matisse sculpture, Roberta Smith, ROberta Smith New York Times, Sarah Stein, Stephen Nash, Tyler Green
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