Ann Temkin said ( about Henri Matisse ) : "It's almost impossible for us, 100 years later, to wrap our heads around how reviled and disparaged an artist like Matisse was when he was 40 years old,"

CBSnews Sunday, June 26, 2022 5:35:00 PM EAT

Ann Temkin explains ( about Henri Matisse ) : “So many of the landmark works of modern art were despised or ignored for a long time,” “A picture’s life takes form because of the places it goes and the people who get to see it. We want viewers to realize how contingent all of that is. Art history isn’t some clean line that happens in some predetermined direction. It’s all of these twists and turns and accidents and surprises. You could call it the history of taste or collecting. I have a feeling that even Matisse did not really fully understand The Red Studio for a long time”

guardian Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:55:00 AM EAT

Ann Temkin says ( about Henri Matisse ) : “This painting is extremely literal in portraying his workplace and its contents, but at the same time the picture is almost an imaginary universe,” “Matisse’s art is almost a philosophical art – what is art and what is so-called real life? That ambiguity is something he played with his entire life”

guardian Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:55:00 AM EAT

Ann Temkin said ( about Henri Matisse ) : "It's almost impossible for us, 100 years later, to wrap our heads around how reviled and disparaged an artist like Matisse was when he was 40 years old,"

CBSnews Sunday, June 26, 2022 5:35:00 PM EAT

Ann Temkin explains ( about Henri Matisse ) : “So many of the landmark works of modern art were despised or ignored for a long time,” “A picture’s life takes form because of the places it goes and the people who get to see it. We want viewers to realize how contingent all of that is. Art history isn’t some clean line that happens in some predetermined direction. It’s all of these twists and turns and accidents and surprises. You could call it the history of taste or collecting. I have a feeling that even Matisse did not really fully understand The Red Studio for a long time”

guardian Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:55:00 AM EAT

Ann Temkin says ( about Henri Matisse ) : “This painting is extremely literal in portraying his workplace and its contents, but at the same time the picture is almost an imaginary universe,” “Matisse’s art is almost a philosophical art – what is art and what is so-called real life? That ambiguity is something he played with his entire life”

guardian Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:55:00 AM EAT