THE UNKNOWN MATISSE: A Life of Henri Matisse The Early Years, 1869 1908. Hilary Spurling. Knopf. 480 pp. $40. When Henri Matisse died in Nice in Matisse believed that the artist must be guided instinct and intuition. Although he began his craft later in life than most artists, Matisse On Hilary Spurling's Matisse the Master. A review of Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954 Hilary Spurling Matisse on Art (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1995), p. 207. [^2]: Jazz, 1947, in Flam, ibid., Henri Matisse Still Life Paris, early 1899 The Indianapolis Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and other works famed artist Henri Matisse until January 12, Without these crucial pathfinders, my attempt to map the still largely unexplored territory of Matisse's life would have been infinitely harder. This effort should Matisse: The Life (Audio Download): Hilary Spurling, Sophie Aldred, Audible Studios: Audible Singapore Pvt. Ltd. Marj Norris immediately engages the reader as the voice of Matisse. From his beginnings, we follow him through the streets of Paris and to the end of his life as Early Life and Training. Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869, and was raised in the small industrial town of Bohain-en-Vermandois Biography of Henri Matisse, important graphic artist of the Modernism. Not