The Greatest Painters of the World: Henri Matisse

Known as one of the revolutionary artists of the 20th century, Matisse created a visual vocabulary that made him one of the leaders of the avant-garde.

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse all saw

Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

Michael Palin visits the Baltimore apartment gallery of Etta and Claribel Cone, wealthy American sisters who amassed one of the world's finest collections of modern French art.

Henri Matisse « A vif dans la couleur »

Composed in Nice, at the Hôtel Régina where the painter had been living since 1949, The Sadness of the King, a 1952 painting nearly four meters by three, is one of the last great works of Matisse. It was created using th

Les plus grands peintres du monde : Henri Matisse

A Window in Tangier, or Matisse’s Morocco

Documentary about Henri Matisse’s two winter stays (1912–1913) in Tangier, Morocco a pivotal period in which he produced a series of paintings combining Western avant-garde and Eastern decorative influences. The film exp

La chapelle du Rosaire, le dernier chef-d'oeuvre de Matisse