Matisse. A sort of paradise - ACE019.2

Woman looking at The Dance II (1932), signed "Henri Matisse, Nice 1932". Studio Under the Eaves (1903); Matisse’s words over, "When I started to paint, I felt transported into a sort of paradise…" Interior with a Top Hat (1896). Seascape. Dinner Table (1897). Self Portrait. VO says that he "charged head down" into painting, though it was quite alien to his "normal life as a man". Pont Saint-Michel (c.1900). Notre Dame (c.1900). Still Life with Oranges II (1899). "I studied each ingredient of painting separately…" Seaside view, c.1904. The Window (1905). View of Collioure (1906). "I cannot copy Nature in a servile way…" Red Fish and a Sculpture (1911). Tangiers: Landscape Seen Through a Window. Red Fish and a Sculpture. Yellow Curtain (1914-1915).