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December 22, 1951

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Henri Matisse’s Revolutionary Colors

Janet Flanner

Part 1 of Janet Flanner’s 1951 Profile of Matisse discusses the the painter’s leadership of the Fauvism movement and his relationship to Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein.