Modern Art For The PaperStore - April, 1999 Introduction It's been said that "Matisse was no more an abstract artist than Picasso. No abstract painter can claim descent from their work without acknowledging that fact. The worldly motif, especially the human body, and in particular the female body, was as basic to Matisse's art as it had been to Delacroix's or Titian's. His paintings vividly communicate a tension between what he called ''the sign'' and the …showed first 75 words of 2336 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2336 total…even hints of cubism and minimalism. The value they all share is the ability to bring the viewer into a new reality, based on the art and encompassed by the art. Works Cited Goodman, Jonathan. "Carl Andre at Ace." Art in America, (1998): January, pp. 100(2). Hughes, Robert. "Art: Matisse The Color of Genius." Time, (1992): September, pp. 67(4). Liebmann, Lisa. "Jasper Johns Unplugged." Harper's Bazaar, (1996): August, pp. 162(7). Perl, Jed. "Cezanne: Landscape into Art." The New Republic, (1996): August, pp. 30(2).