Henri Matisse's adventures in color and lightconstitutealandmarkinthehistoryof modern art．From his apprenticeship in the studio of Gustave Moreau to the paper cut-outs ofthe 1950s．the stages ofthisjourney represent a triumph of artistic research and resolution，as well as a shining example of pictorial quality and theoretical and moral integrity．

THINKING IN COLOUR

The Apprenticeship Years

The Postman of Collioure

A Table in Eden

Variations

Drawing in Colour

THE WORKS

Biography

The Beginnings

From Divisionism to Fauvism

From The Dance to The Moorish Cafe

The Confrontation with Avant-Garde Art

The Period Between the Two Wars: From Nice to Vence

Sculpture

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX