Exhibit explores various influences on Henri Matisse
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THE influence of Arab, African and Asian art on Henri Matisse is the theme of a major collection of the French artist’s work that has gone on show in Rome.
The exhibition, “Matisse Arabesque,” runs until June 21 at the Scuderie del Quirinale, the former stables of Italy’s presidential palace which have been transformed into a museum that boasts spectacular views over the Eternal City.
Curator Ester Coen has set out to demonstrate how Matisse’s enduring fascination with what he would have referred to as the Orient influenced the work of an artist considered one of the fathers of modern art.
In particular, a love of arabesque — designs based on the intertwined, flowing lines of early Islamic art — had a huge influence on how Matisse (1869-1954) came to think about perspective and space in his painting.
Late in his life, the Frenchman reflected that his education had involved a gradual realization that he had to “forgo the technique of the Masters or rather to understand it in a completely personal way.”
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