As the gray days and chilly weather of February drag on, you may find yourself longing for sunshine and sea air. Although the curators at the Saint Louis Art Museum can’t quite conjure a salty breeze, ...
“I have always adored the sea,” Henri Matisse (1869-1954) wrote. Born in a charmless, inland town in Northern France, he sojourned in seaside locations from the beginning of his life as a painter, ...
Simon Kelly of the St. Louis Art Museum talks about one of Henri Matisse's most famous artworks, part of the new exhibition, "Matisse and the Sea." The theme is clear for “Matisse and the Sea.” ...
Henri Matisse, "Zorah on the Terrace" (1912), oil on canvas (© 2024 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo courtesy Archives Henri Matisse) The year 1912 began quite ...