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‘Matisse as Printmaker’ opens this weekend at the Blanton Museum
Though he’s most typically recognized as a sculptor and painter, Henri Matisse was arguably one of the most prolific fine art printmakers of the 20th century.
Culled exclusively from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, a new traveling exhibit lands at the Blanton Museum of Art this weekend. ‘Matisse as Prinkmaker’ features more than 60 of the French modernist master’s exquisite prints that demonstrate his fluidity of line and his intense focus on his subject matter.
‘Matisse as Prinkmaker: Works from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation’
Through Aug. 22
Blanton Museum of Art,
On Saturday at 2 p.m., Jay McKean Fisher, curator of the exhibit will discuss the importance of printmaking to Matisse’s oeuvre. In the Blanton Auditorium. Free, but tickets required. Tickets may be obtained beginning at 1 p.m.
Image: Henri Matisse ‘Marie-Joe in a Yellow Dress (III),’ 1950 Color lift-ground aquatint Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Courtesy American Federation of Arts
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