ITALY-ART/MATISSE Major Matisse exhibition opens in Rome

Record ID: 584319

  • Title: ITALY-ART/MATISSE Major Matisse exhibition opens in Rome
  • Date: 5th March 2015
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (MARCH 5, 2015) (REUTERS) JOURNALISTS AT EXHIBITION PREVIEW PAINTINGS BY FRENCH ARTIST HENRI MATISSE DETAIL OF ''ZORAH ON THE TERRACE'', PAINTED BY HENRI MATISSE IN 1912 EXHIBITION VARIOUS OF ''ZORAH STANDING UP'', PAINTED BY HENRI MATISSE IN 1912 VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS WATCHING PAINTINGS VARIOUS DRAWINGS BY HENRI MATISSE VARIOUS PAINTINGS DETAIL OF ''MOROCCAN IN GREEN'', PAINTED BY MATISSE IN 1912 PAINTING BY MATISSE SHOWING GIRL SAT BEHIND DESK WIDE OF EXHIBITION ROOM WITH SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE MUSEUM, MATTEO LAFRANCONI, WALKING THROUGH (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE MUSEUM, MATTEO LAFRANCONI, SAYING: ''These are masterpieces that any exhibition organiser in the world would want to have. It is extraordinary to have this number of masterpieces from such important lenders, ranging from the Hermitage (Museum of St. Petersbourg) to the Pushkin (Museum in Moscow), from the Metropolitan (of New York) to the MOMA, from the Tate Gallery (of London) to the Washington National Gallery, to the various Matisse museums in France and in the USA, and to private collections like the Fondazione Agnelli...'' VARIOUS OF PAINTINGS VARIOUS OF ''GIRL WITH A PERSIAN CAP", PAINTED BY MATISSE IN 1915-1916 VARIOUS OF DRAWINGS VARIOUS OF PAINTINGS EXHIBITION (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF THE SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE MUSEUM, MATTEO LAFRANCONI, SAYING: ''These are all moments of a strong fascination, of an endless and limitless curiosity that Matisse had towards non-western cultures from which he obtained graphic and formal solutions that become essential to his creative discourse.'' VARIOUS OF ''GOLDFISH''', PAINTED BY MATISSE IN 1911 VARIOUS OF EXHIBITION
  • Embargoed: 20th March 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAA0CIZYFQY49MVUJR9H17EXV9L
  • Story Text: Over 100 works by French artist Henri Matisse went on display in Rome on Thursday (March 5) with an exhibition to illustrate the importance of Arabesque decorative motifs in his work.
    Set in Rome's Scuderie del Quirinale the "Matisse. Arabesque" exhibition shows paintings, drawings and costumes that concentrate on the eastern and oriental designs that brought about a radical change in the work of Matisse.
    Much of the work at the exhibition is on loan from some of the most prestigious museums in the world including the Tate of London, the MET and the MoMa of New York, the Pushkin Museum of Moscow and the Hermitage of St Petersburg.
    ''These are masterpieces that any exhibition organiser in the world would want to have," explained Director of the Museum Matteo Lafranconi.
    "It is extraordinary to have this number of masterpieces from such important lenders, ranging from the Hermitage (Museum of St. Petersbourg) to the Pushkin (Museum in Moscow), from the Metropolitan (of New York) to the MOMA, from the Tate Gallery (of London) to the Washington National Gallery, to the various Matisse museums in France and in the USA, and to private collections like the Fondazione Agnelli',' he said.
    ''These are all moments of a strong fascination, of an endless and limitless curiosity that Matisse had towards non-western cultures from which he obtained graphic and formal solutions that become essential to his creative discourse,'' Lafranconi said.
    On show are masterpieces that include "Girl with a Persian Cap", "Zorah on the Terrace," "Moroccan in Green", and "Flowering Ivy in a Pot With a Rose."
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