Daily Archives: March 23, 2015

“In Montmartre Picasso, Matisse, and the Birth of Modernist Art” was an interesting read for someone like me, who took an art history class in school but who did not have a solid grounding in history of the actual artists (Picasso and Matisse) not much knowledge about the Modernist Art movement.

The book reads almost like a novel, giving very intimate details about the title individuals but also many of their contemporaries. It explained how their art was influenced by one another and by the current events of their day (a huge impact was made by the rapid development of photography and cinema which bothered Picasso greatly.)

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