Matisse Picasso

Catalogue, offering the first major examination of the fascinating relationships between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and their artworks. Illustrated with reproductionas and photo's in colour and black-and-white. With index.

In spite of their initial rivalry, the two masters eventually acknowledged one another as equals, becoming, in their old age, increasingly important to one another both artistically and personally. From the time of their initial encounters in 1906 in Gertrude and Leo Stein's Paris studio until 1917, they individually produced some of the greatest art of the 20th century and maintained an openly competitive relationship brimming with intense innovation.