Chez Matisse
By Charlotte Stace
Chez Matisse. The Legacy of a New Painting is CaixaForum's deep dive into Henri Matisse. The exhibition tracks how he continued to reinvent painting, from his earliest self-portrait through to the radical freedom of his late works and gouaches. It widens the lens to show the dialogue around Matisse in 20th-21st century art: how his ideas about colour and the canvas as a pictorial surface reshaped modern painting and opened doors for later avant-garde artists.
What you’ll actually see is a large selection of works (mostly from the Centre Pompidou), with Matisse pieces shown alongside artists he influenced, creating a conversation across generations. The route is organised into eight themed sections, moving from early modern movements (including German Fauves and Russian Neoprimitivists) through to the impact on American painting from the 1940s onwards.