Matisse: An old master who loved to learn new tricks
“An exhibition at the Pompidou in Paris shows Matisse’s mastery of form, colour and style to stunning effect, says Adrian Hamilton
It would be almost impossible to produce a bad exhibition of Matisse…You enter a room of his works and your eyes are transformed. It’s the colour of course, those reds and deep greens, always fresh and balanced. And then there’s the rhythm, the curved lines of flesh and flower and the soft straight lines of wall and window. But most of all it is something always uplifting in the way that he seeks and communicates the harmony of life.”