Henri Matisse 'One Thousand and One Nights' at Carnegie Museum

Written by Katina Macdonald Tuesday, 14 February 2012 22:24

Pittsburgh, PA - Matisse was 81 when he created the colorful and joyous The Thousand and One Nights, 1950, with its fanciful magic lamps, dancing plant forms, and hearts.  The design was inspired by Scheherazade, the heroine of the Arabian Nights, a centuries-old Middle-Eastern epic tale.  The large paper cutout, a visitor favorite, is on view for a limited amount of time because of its fragile nature.

Film and Talk: Barbara F. Freed A Model for Matisse: The Story of the Vence Chapel Wednesday, Sept. 20, Carnegie Museum of Art Theater. Barbara Freed, filmmaker, author, and Carnegie Mellon University professor, will introduce her poignant documentary on the artist and his last great work, a chapel in southern France.

The Works on Paper gallery, exhibiting Henri Matisse’s The Thousand and One Nights, 1950, will remain on view until 22 October.

Carnegie Museum of Art
Founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of Art, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is nationally and internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth century to the present.

Visit the museum’s web site at www.cmoa.org