Henri Matisse - La Gerbe poster philosophy or toroidal bubble

or toroidal bubble

If there is heaven for me

a multitude of little islands and shaded creeks stand out against a backdrop of the turquoise Mediterranean waters of the Côte d'Azur

Black cats are inscrutable and mysterious creatures

Henri Matisse - La Gerbe poster philosophy or toroidal bubbleHenri Matisse was commissioned by Sidney and Frances Brody to create a ceramic wall work for their A. Quincy Jones designed home. The Brodys were major modern art collectors. Color was the key focus of Matisses artdecorative in conception and emotionally expressivewith "La Gerbe" ("the wheat sheaf") his goal was to produce an art of balance, of purity and serenity."