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Chatting, Sleeping Interviews: Interviews with Matisse (french Literature and Art Interview Series)
Literature闲谈，沉睡的访谈：马蒂斯访谈录（法兰西文艺访谈录系列）
(france) Henri Matisse Et Al.
The Sleeping Interview is sealed in the archives of the Getty Research Institute. It is a manuscript of a long conversation that took place in Lyon and Nice in 1941 between the art critic Pierre Courtion and Henri Matisse. About people and places: his early life in Bohemia in Paris, his attempts to break through the academic tradition, his interactions with art dealers and collectors, his thoughts on craftsmanship, his travels in search of light and color... All emerge in Matisse's narrative, as vividly as the colors in his paintings. In casual conversation, Matisse was casual and sincere. Uncut and uncircumcised. The interview traces the creative career of the Fauvist master, and Matisse's decision to be buried forever, as he realized that "shape cannot be described. We cannot use words to create an equivalent"...
The Sleeping Interview is sealed in the archives of the Getty Research Institute. It is a manuscript of a long conversation that took place in Lyon and Nice in 1941 between the art critic Pierre Courtion and Henri Matisse. About people and places: his early life in Bohemia in Paris, his attempts to break through the academic tradition, his interactions with art dealers and collectors, his thoughts on craftsmanship, his travels in search of light and color... All emerge in Matisse's narrative, as vividly as the colors in his paintings. In casual conversation, Matisse was casual and sincere. Uncut and uncircumcised. The interview traces the creative career of the Fauvist master, and Matisse's decision to be buried forever, as he realized that "shape cannot be described. We cannot use words to create an equivalent"...