In studio, con Henri Matisse e i suoi oggetti preferiti

20 Agosto 2017

C’è tempo fino al 12 novembre per visitare Matisse in the Studio, la mostra allestita alla Royal Academy of Arts di Londra e incentrata sugli oggetti raccolti dal pittore francese durante la sua esistenza. Una vera e propria immersione nell’universo dell’artista, fra utensili di uso comune e manufatti provenienti da svariate latitudini, che molto influenzarono le scelte visive di Matisse. Dalle statue thailandesi di matrice buddista al mobilio e ai tessili di origine nord africana, sono innumerevoli gli oggetti che costellano il display londinese e che hanno rappresentato una inesauribile fonte di ispirazione per Matisse, il quale iniziò ad acquistarli a partire dai primi anni del Novecento.

Henri Matisse, The Moorish Screen, 1921
Oil on canvas, 91 x 74 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bequest of Lisa Norris Elkins, 1950
Photo © Philadelphia Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY
Haiti, North Africa, late 19th-early 20th century
Cotton plainweave cut and appliqué to bast fiber cloth, 217 x 212 cm
Former collection of Henri Matisse. Private collection, on loan to Musée Matisse, Nice
Photo © François Fernandez, Nice
Henri Matisse, Safrano Roses at the Window, 1925
Oil on canvas, 80 x 65 cm
Private collection
Photo © Private collection
© Succession H. Matisse/DACS 2017
Henri Matisse, Still Life with Shell, 1940
Gouache, coloured pencil, and charcoal on cut paper, and string, pinned to canvas, 83.5 x 115 cm
Private collection
Photo © Private collection
© Succession H. Matisse/DACS 2017
Henri Matisse, The Italian Woman, 1916
Oil on canvas, 116.7 x 89.5 cm
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. By exchange, 1982, 82.2946
Photo © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation/Art Resource, NY
© Succession H. Matisse/DACS 2017
Muyombo mask, Pende region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th-early 20th century
Wood, fiber and pigment, 49 x 19.3 cm
Former collection of Henri Matisse. Private collection
Photograph by Jean-Louis Losi
Henri Matisse, Two Women, modelled 1907-8, cast 1908
Bronze, 46.6 x 25.6 x 19.9 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Photograph by Lee Stalsworth
© Succession H. Matisse/DACS 2017
Jomooniw male and female figures, Bamana region, Mali, 19th-early 20th century
Wood and metal, H. 40.5 cm, H. 43.3 cm
Former collection of Henri Matisse. Private collection
Photograph by Robert Monnier