Matisse: Erotic Sketchbook (Prestel's Erotic Sketchbook Series) - Hardcover

Wolf, Norbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 379133848X ISBN 13: 9783791338484

Publisher: Prestel, 2007

Synopsis

For Henri Matisse, drawing was an exercise as personal as it was essential to his art. Reproduced on elegant paper stock, these black and white and gently coloured sketches allow the viewer to appreciate the quality of Matisse's lines, their confidence and ease, as well as the intense relationship between artist and model. Matisse's joie de vivre, his love of beauty and his fascination with the human body are clearly in evidence in this lovely book that is a pleasure to hold.

About this title

About the Author:

Norbert Wolf is an art historian and writer based in Munich. His books include The World of the Saints, I Titian, and the Erotic Sketchbooks of Klimt, Schiele, Rodin, Picasso, Rembrandt, and Kokoschka (all by Prestel).

Review:

'The books give a sense of watching the artist at work, following their trains of thought and attempts to marry the concepts of Eros and sexuality. Each book offers perfect examples of the characteristic styles of each artist as well as exhibiting a remarkable distinction in their differing approaches to the given subject'The Art Commerce Journal, April 2007

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 379133848X
• ISBN 13: 9783791338484
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64