Matisse/Diebenkorn
By: edited by Janet Bishop and Katherine Rothkopf
Contributors: Baltimore Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9783791355344
Subjects: Influence; Exhibitions
Other titles: Matisse, Diebenkorn
Description: "This sumptuously illustrated book brings together the work of Henri Matisse and Richard Diebenkorn as never before, illuminating unexpected resonances that connect the two artists across time and space. Featuring stunning pairings of more than 80 paintings and drawings, this book charts the evolution of Matisse's impact on Diebenkorn over the course of Diebenkorn's career. Though they never met, Matisse was an enduring source of inspiration for the Californian artist, and their works share surprising similarities in subject, composition, palette, and technique. Essays by Janet Bishop and Katherine Rothkopf explore how this influence evolved over time, connecting the work of the two painters and highlighting the ways Diebenkorn drew from Matisse's example to forge a style entirely his own. The volume is rounded out by an introduction by John Elderfield, who knew Diebenkorn personally and has curated exhibitions of both artists' work; an essay by Jodi Roberts on parallels between the artists' drawings; and a bibliography documenting Diebenkorn's collection of books about the French artist. The first in-depth examination of the relationship between the work of Diebenkorn and Matisse, this publication offers new ways of understanding both artists."--
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Matisse/Diebenkorn, held at The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 23, 2016-January 29, 2017, and at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March 11-May 29, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imagining into Another / John Elderfield; title: Making Matisse His Own: Richard Diebenkorn's Early Abstractions and Figurative Paintings / Janet Bishop; title: Breaking All the Rules: The Drawings of Richard Diebenkorn and Henri Matisse / Jodi Roberts; title: Richard Diebenkorn and Matisse, from Russia to Ocean Park / Katherine Rothkopf; title: Richard Diebenkorn's Library: A Bibliography of Matisse Publications / Janet Bishop, Jared Ledesma, Katherine Rothkopf.