Tag Archives: Matisse

happy weekend.

Fabulous and revealing: 100 Famous Artists and Their Studios (have you seen Francis Bacon’s?!)

Scanned image: Henri Matisse’s studio, from the recent Cut Outs exhibition at Tate Modern. My favourite.

turin blue.

Intense, geometric imagery in bold, saturated colour by photographer and graphic design student Paolo Pettigiani. Taken near Turin, Italy; more on Behance, here.

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Blue – without a doubt my favourite hue of all. There’s a fascinating read on the Tate blog of the importance of blue in art’s history, from ultramarine to Yves Klein, and Matisse’s striking blue nudes.

Read it, here  Happy weekend.