Henri Matisse — Statement Duo | Mid-Century Art Print

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Henri Matisse — Statement Duo | Mid-Century Art PrintHenri Matisse (18691954) was one of the defining figures of Western modern art the supreme colourist, the artist who showed that colour itself, liberated from description, could carry the full weight of a painting's meaning. From his Fauvist canvases of St. Tropez and Collioure to the cut paper works of his final years, his art maintained an extraordinary consistency of intent: to create an art of pleasure, light, and formally achieved serenity. His

His bold geometric compositions — horizontal lines

birds and blossoms

Paul Klee (1879–1940) was one of the most inventive and intellectually rich artists of the 20th century — a Bauhaus master

to achieve the greatest possible expressive range

and the most versatile designer of the Viennese art reform movement — equally accomplished in poster design

Christ figures — that bridges the Indian folk tradition and 20th-century modernist abstraction

and philosophy

White on White (1918) reduced painting to near-invisibility

rich texture

Today they are prized collector's items — a rare intersection of graphic design excellence

His work is central to the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art

His works are now among the most avidly collected objects in Japanese art