Matisse

MOMA & Tate Modern's landmark show explores the final chapter of Matisse's career when he began 'carving into colour,' creating his signature cut-outs. Audiences are invited to enjoy an intimate, behind-the-scenes docum

Matisse

A surviving fragment from Henri Langlois’s unfinished Cinémathèque française project inviting artists, writers, scholars, and filmmakers to create 16mm works outside commercial and censorship constraints. Filmed with Mat

Matisse & Lydia

Becoming Matisse

Henri Matisse's great-granddaughter Sophie traces the story of how the artist fought personal tragedies and critical ridicule to become one of the most important and influential painters of the 20th century.

Dance Dance Dance - Matisse

Between 1906 and 1954, Henri Matisse created over twenty paintings exploring the theme of dance. This subject shaped many of his artistic choices, influencing his style and technique. Movement and dance were constant sou

Mrs. Matisse

He says he’s in there painting still lives, what’s a girl to say?

Henri Matisse

Documentary film about artist Henri Matisse

Matisse: Voyages

Voyages traces the development of the artist's brilliantly colored work, from his early canvases, images of dance and music, and odalisques to his cut-out pieces and chapel decorations. Filmmaker Didier Baussy draws on a

Monique et Matisse

About painter Henri Matisse and his companion Monique Bourgeois.

The Voyages of Matisse, Chasing Light

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Matisse's birth and of the exhibition at the Center Pompidou which will be dedicated to him in 2020, this art documentary brings us back to life of the journeys made by Matisse

An Essay on Matisse

Chronicles the life and art of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the French painter whose innovative style and use of color changed the face of 20th-century art. An Essay on Matisse was nominated for an Academy Award in the doc

Matisse: A Sort of Paradise

A survey of the painting of Henri Matisse, revealing the development of the idyllic quality in his work. Studies pictures from the beginning of his career, and follows the spontaneous flowering of color.

Aragon, le roman de Matisse

In 1941, the writers Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet fled the Nazi-occupied zone of France, arriving in Nice. There they met and befriended Henri Matisse. Aragon resolved to write a book about the great painter, but it was

A Model for Matisse

Barbara F. Freed directed this documentary that explores the friendship between legendary artist Henri Matisse and the woman who inspired him to create some of his best works, Dominican nun Sister Jacques-Marie. The 83-

Matisse après la pluie

Matisse is spelt with two S's

Anywhere in the world springs, in the most natural way, the wonder of learning, the astonishment of discovery. A group of children attend an art school for a year. This documentary, a summary of that course, shows us th

Avec Matisse à Tanger

The film chronicles Henri Matisse's travels to Tangier as he seeks new motifs for his paintings from a Moroccan perspective. Henri Matisse made two trips to Tangier in early 1912 and in the winter of 1912-1913, seaching

Henri Matisse - Travelling for Art

A great traveller always in search of light, Henri Matisse criss-crossed the world, from Morocco to Tahiti, to draw inspiration from far off lands. His travels were reflected in his art, often years later in their mood,

Matisse: Centennial at the Grand Palais

The styles of Henri Matisse's works range from impressionism to fauvism to an almost abstract technique. He, along with Picasso, are regarded as two of the giants of 20th century art. This installment of the Museum of Mo

Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur

From his childhood in the lowlands of northern France to his death in Nice, a look at the life of painter Matisse: his early education, his apprenticeship at the Beaux-Arts and his decades-long career as a painter, sculp