{"product_id":"matisse-and-picasso","title":"Matisse and Picasso","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA portrait of the art, rivalry, and friendship between Matisse and Picasso \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFiercely competitive, Matisse and Picasso engaged in one of the most formidable creative dialogues in the history of art. This volume portrays the intertwined evolution of the two giants of modern art as if it were an ongoing chess game between two masters. They engaged in extraordinarily powerful debates during their early careers, and their unique partnership blossomed from the 1930s on, when the artists, who had grown distant for more than a decade, reconnected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey developed a mutual creative appreciation, which they translated into their own work. During the war years, their geographic separation only spurred them to think even more about each other’s work; their artistic sparring resumed. In the postwar period―the most poignant in their long friendship―they often met and exhibited together. But Picasso’s greatest tribute to Matisse would come in the series of paintings he realized shortly after his friend’s death; the long rivalry transformed into a deep and melancholic mourning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully reproduced, including two-color sprayed page edges, with historical demonstration supported by striking visual juxtapositions of works by the two artists, this study is a major contribution to the history of twentieth-century art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eYve-Alain Blois\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eHardcover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 216 pages | 284 colour illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eDate published:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e September 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 9782080151766\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e28.6 x 23.2 \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ecm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Museum Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57289407103354,"sku":"9782080151766","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/8302\/files\/61cw0uHO4UL._SL1165_3159e15a-1f3e-4209-80fa-b3c7953b46b0.avif?v=1789996061","url":"https:\/\/www.museumbookstore.com\/products\/matisse-and-picasso","provider":"Museum Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}