Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts Gray—amassed a remarkable collection of

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but he was also an avid music lover and designed a number of opera and ballet productions

Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts Gray—amassed a remarkable collection ofThe great painter Henri Matisse was also a great book illustrator. A pioneering member of the Fauves, a supreme colorist, a remarkable draftsman, and a creative geniusthis is the Matisse known and admired by everyone with even a passing interest in modem art. But few know Matisse as an artist who designed and illustrated his own books. From 1912 until his death in 1954, he engaged in nearly fifty illustration projects, many of which rank among the