Vatican to Open Permanent Henri Matisse Exhibition
THE RECORD
By Desmond O’Grady
ITALY - A permanent Henri Matisse exhibition will open in the Vatican Museums on 22 June. It consists of preparatory material for his renowned chapel in Vence: full scale cartoons for three stained glass windows, a depiction of the Virgin Mary and Child which was executed on white ceramic tiles, models for the altar crucifix, a roof top crucifix and bell plus vestments he designed. Later, a Matisse lithograph of the Virgin Mary and some Matisse letters will be added to the exhibition. [link]
By Desmond O’Grady
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| "Vierge à l'enfant debout" (1949), by Henri Matisse |
