Matisse had nearly a decade of radical painting under his belt in 1906, while Picasso was just emerging from his blue and rose reveries, and about to explode into Cubism. Matisse was the leader of ...

Matisse’s cool-blue bodies are flat ... As in Egyptian wall painting, Matisse engenders the spatial disorientation and tension of conflicting viewpoints. We are submerged in the pool—part ...

in which she is posed in a blue dress against a green background. It’s a painting that Henri never wanted to sell. “Like many artists, Matisse was well aware of the importance of certain ...