Author: Gilles Neret

Henri Matisse (18691954) was a fighting spirit. Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941, increasing frailty, and the confines of a wheelchair, the indom...

At the age of six, Salvador Dalí (19041989) wanted to be a cook. At the age of seven, he wanted to be Napoleon. Since then, he later said, my ambit...

Pieces of perfection. Jazz, chef d'oeuvre of Matisse's radical new medium. The reputation of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) as a modernist giant is riva...

After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (18781935) found his métier in dissolving literal, represe...

For Marc Chagall (18871985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved...

There are over 1,000 catalogued works by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (15771640), the 16th-century flag bearer for Baroque drama, movement, and sensuality...

Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Édouard Manet (18321883) is now considered a crucial figu...

The unfading popularity of Gustav Klimt (18621918) attests not only to the particular appeal of his luxuriant painting but also to the universal th...

Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (14751564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His man...

Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí (19041989) was one of the centurys greatest exhibitionists and eccentricsand was rewarded w...