Visit the studio of Henri Matisse with this exhibition catalogue, revealing for the first time how the artist drew on his collection of objects from the far corners of the world to create his transcendent art.

 

I have worked all my life before the same objects… 

The object is an actor. A good actor can have a part in ten different plays; 

an object can play a role in ten different pictures.

Henri Matisse

 

This Matisse in the Studio catalogue accompanied the exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston before it travelled to the Royal Academy. The book features his key works alongside the eclectic range of objects that the artist chose to compose his worlds with throughout the decades, from Buddhist statuary to North African furniture and textiles.