Who is henri matisse

In April of 1946, a cam­era crew record­ed the scene as the great French artist Hen­ri Matisse sat down at his easel to make a char­coal sketch of his grand­son, Ger­ard, at his his home and stu­dio in Nice. The brief clip above is from a 26-minute film by François Cam­paux which was com­mis­sioned by the French Depart­ment of Cul­tur­al Rela­tions.

Alas, we’ve been unable to find the entire film online, but you can watch a 15-minute Ger­man ver­sion on YouTube, or you can vis­it a Web page at the Art Insti­tute of Chica­go for a group of high­er qual­i­ty silent excerpts from the film, accom­pa­nied by explana­to­ry cap­tions.

Henri matisse artwork

Henri matisse artwork

Henri matisse early work

Henri matisse watercolors

Henri matisse portrait

Henri matisse foundation

In the clip above, we hear Matisse speak­ing in French. Here is a trans­la­tion:

Me, I believe that paint­ing and draw­ing are the same thing. Draw­ing is a paint­ing done in a sim­pler way [or with “limited/reduced resources”].

On a white sur­face, a s