Matisse, spirituality and his work

Perhaps no other artist in history has unfurled along a spiritual path more so than Henri Matisse. A self-declared atheist who followed no religious doctrine (Caranfa 2014), he nevertheless gravitated towards the therapeutic in art and would incorporate his inner spiritual life to his outer artistic life. This essay will argue that while Matisse was not religious his growing …

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