The 'Matisse: Life & Spirit' exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales showcases the largest collection of works by Henri Matisse ever presented in Sydney, running from November 20, 2021, to March 13, 2022. Developed in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the exhibition spans six decades of Matisse's innovative and influential art, including a special focus on his work in the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence. It features over 100 pieces, offering an extraordinary immersion into the life and art of one of the most revered painters.

2. Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou
20 November 2021 – 13 March 2022, Major exhibition gallery - Art
Gallery of New South Wales, one of Australia's most popular art
museums, presents the largest collection of the revered painter’s joyous
work to ever wing its way to Sydney, with thanks to the world-famous
Parisian home of contemporary art.
Spanning six decades of the artist’s work, Matisse: Life & Spirit presents
an extraordinary immersion in the range and depth of the art of Henri
Matisse, one of the world’s most beloved, innovative and influential artists

3. Developed in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which holds an exceptional collection of works by the artist,
Matisse: Life & Spirit is the greatest single exhibition of Matisse masterworks ever to be seen in Sydney

4. Paris
Sydney

6. Henri Matisse
(1869-1954)
Decorative figure
on an ornamental
ground (Figure
décorative sur fond
ornemental)
1925–26

7. Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
Decorative figure on an ornamental ground
(Figure décorative sur fond ornemental) 1925–26
Matisse’s suite of small bronze busts of Jeannette and Henriette

8. Matisse: Life & Spirit,
Masterpieces from the
Centre Pompidou at
Art Gallery of New
South Wales Sydney

9. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Odalisque with red
culottes (Odalisque
à la culotte rouge)
1921

11. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Profile of a girl, her
head resting on her
arm, Louis XIV screen
behind

12. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Rest on the seat 1929

13. Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou
at Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney

14. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Lorette
with
coffee
cup
(1917)

15. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Intérieur à Nice, la sieste (1922)

16. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-
1954)
Portrait of
Barones
Gourgaud,
1924

18. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Blue nude II (Nu bleu II) 1952

19. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Blue
nude
II
(Nu
bleu
II)
1952

20. What many don’t realise is that Matisse
played violin every day. That passion for
movement, music, pause and flow is
amplified across this incredible room of
work
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Blue nude II (Nu bleu II) 1952

23. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-
1954)
Window in
Tahiti
Le
chat
aux
poissons
rouges,
1914

24. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Window in Tahiti

25. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Polynesia,
the
sky
(Polynésie,
le
ciel)
1946

26. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Polynesia, the sea
(Polynésie, la mer)
1946

27. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Polynesia, the sky
(Polynésie, le ciel)
1946
Polynesia, the sea
(Polynésie, la mer)
1946

30. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
The sorrow of the
king
(La tristesse du
roi)
1952
The majestic self-
portrait The
sorrow of the
king, one of the
largest of the
famous cut-outs
that the artist
created in his late
career

31. Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
The sorrow of the king

33. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
A collection of original prints from his jazz portfolio

34. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Icare (Icarus), 1947

35. In addition to his bold innovations
in painting and sculpture, Matisse
produced several extraordinary
artists’ books, the majority of which
were made after a bout with
intestinal cancer in 1941 that left
him largely bedridden. This plate is
one of twenty made to illustrate his
groundbreaking book Jazz. Despite
its musical title—likely named for
the experimental, improvisational
nature of its compositions—the
book’s dominant themes are the
circus and theater. The illustrations
derive from maquettes of cut and
pasted colored papers, which were
printed using a stencil technique
known as pochoir.

36. Still life with shell, 1940 The swimmer in the tank La nageuse dans l'aquarium 1947
The Horse, the Rider, and the Clown 1943-4 The cowboy, 1947
Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Jazz
collection
Pierrot's
funeral,
from
the
illustrated
book
Jazz
The
circus,
from
the
illustrated
book
Jazz
1947

37. Henri Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
The lagoon,
from the
illustrated
book Jazz
Les Codomas
from the
illustrated
book Jazz
1947

39. Portrait
de
Greta
Prozor
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Auguste Pellerin II

40. Grand
intérieur
rouge
(Spring
1948)
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
White and pink head
(Tête blanche et rose)
1914

41. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Grand intérieur
rouge
(Spring 1948)

43. Henri Matisse
(1869-1954)
Le Luxe I
(summer
1907)
Henri Matisse
(1869-1954)
Algerian
woman
(L’Algérienne)
1909

44. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Le
chant,
1938
Standing
nude
(Nu
debout)
1947

46. Henri
Matisse
(French,
1869-1954)
Still
life
with
green
marble
table
(Nature
morte
à
la
table
de
marbre
vert)
1941
French
window
at
Collioure
(1914)

48. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Still life with magnolia

51. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Liseuse sur fond
noir
(August 1939)
Le
violoniste
à
la
fenêtre
(spring
1918)

52. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Intérieur jaune et
bleu
(1946)
Interior,
goldfish
bowl
(Intérieur,
bocal
de
poissons
rouges)
1914

53. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Nature morte au lierre (1916) The painter in his studio (Le peintre dans son atelier) 1916

54. Matisse: Life & Spirit, Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou
at Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney

55. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Still life with a red rug
1906

56. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Still life with chocolate pot
1900
Still
life
with
green
buffett

57. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Still life with green buffett

58. Henri
Matisse
(1869-1954)
Sleep
La
Blouse
Roumaine
1940

59. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Luxe, calme et
volupté,
(Luxury, peace
and pleasure)
1904.

60. A special presentation focused on his work in Chapel of the Rosary in
Vence, in the south of France, is at the heart of the exhibition. It’s
considered to be the culmination of his life’s work
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Virgin and Child 1950-51

62. Justin Paton,
curator of
‘Matisse: Life and
Spirit’
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Chapel of the
Rosary
Vitrail bleu pâle
(Pale blue stained-
glass)

64. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Chapel of the
Rosary

65. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Visage sur fond jaune (Face on a yellow background) 1952

66. Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-
1954)
Chapel of the
Rosary

68. Works by Henri Matisse on
view in the exhibition, Matisse
& Picasso, at the National
Gallery of Australia 2020

69. A security guard with Matisse’s portrait of Lydia
Delectorskaya, titled The Romanian Blouse, at the
National Gallery of Australia

70. Text & pictures: Internet
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2022
Sound: Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Violin Concerto Op. 64-3; David Oistrakh, violin State Symphony Orchestra of USSR