Matisse: In Color and Light
Leslie Bowen, MFA
September 10 - December 10, 2013 (Fall semester, 14 meetings)
Tuesdays 1-4 pm
$900; members $810 Members Login Here first to receive your discount

Henri Matisse's life followed a trajectory from darkness into one of light and color. "All I thought about was making my colors sing" (Henri Matisse, as quoted in Pierre Schneider, Matisse, 1984). Join us as we study the range of his works in the Barnes Foundation's galleries-the radiant Bonheur de Vivre, the monumental Dance mural, and the enchanting final paintings on canvas. Through discussions based on the plastic elements of art, we will explore how Matisse's work was created and gain an understanding of his unprecedented artistic journey.