Matisse Vence Interiors. From his early days in the 1900s, in the shadow of his maste
From his early days in the 1900s, in the shadow of his masters, via the solitary and radical path of the period 1904-1917, the ‘box of light’ of the Nice years, to the modern language of the 1930s and the interiors of Vence and the Chapel of the Rosary, Henri Matisse’s career is marked by cal sequences, of this key artist of modernity. The Chapel of the Rosary, also known as "Chapelle Matisse" in Vence, is a sacred place entirely designed and decorated by Henri Matisse, an artistic marvel considered by the painter himself as his masterpiece. From 1949 until his death in 1954, Matisse’s cut-outs grew in ambition, expanding throughout the interiors of the Hôtel Régina, Nice. The remaining six works in the Vence interiors series are held by public collections or foundations. Mar 23, 2025 · Though he continued to work, on the paintings known as the Vence Interiors, the cut-outs for the book Jazz (1947), and the Chapel of the Rosary, he never again painted Marguerite. Feb 16, 2017 · Matisse’s great "Vence interiors" from the late 1940s are paintings that have achieved this particular state of gestalt. A 15 minutes’ walk from Vence, a medieval walled village with an abundance of cheese, lavender and baguettes, the chapel is an entirely different way to experience this master’s art. He devoted four years to the endeavor, transforming his studio into a kind of chapel, and living amongst the cut-out maquettes and preparatory drawings. Jun 11, 2017 · Henri Matisse's Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence is a visually stunning homage to the inner light of divinity and all that is artistically sacred. Dec 28, 2019 · Walk into a Matisse masterpiece by visiting the ‘Matisse Chapel’, or The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, in the Cote D’Azur.