Karen K  Butler, WHY MATISSE? – Matisse Symposium
Channel: Barnes Foundation
Date: 2016-11-21

This talk will explore Albert Barnes's interest in the work of Matisse, situating Barnes's writings and unusual display format in the context of the art history and philosophy of his time and his friendship with Leo Stein. It will also examine contemporary scholarship on these questions and suggest new directions for research.

Karen K. Butler is an independent scholar specializing in 20th century art. She was formerly associate curator at the Mildred lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis and an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at the Barnes Foundation. She has published on Georges Braque, Jean Fautrier, Henri Matisse, and other 

Inspired by the Foundation’s catalogue Matisse in the Barnes Foundation (http://bit.ly/MatisseBarnes), edited by Yve-Alain Bois and published in December 2015, this symposium brings together leading international scholars to examine Matisse in the context of the history of modernism.