Matisse

Silent movie, directed by : Frederic Rossif, writing credits : Henri Matisse, Henri Langlois, produced by : Henri Langlois (Henri, plateforme de la cinémathèque), 7mn 40s, (1951).

The founder of the French cinémathèque Henri Langlois follows an ambitious goal in 1951. He wants to produce films about famous painters (Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall) and also famous sculptors (Alexander Calder, ...) by using few materials. Rejecting a business point of view and far from censors he tries inventing a new kind of documentary the experimental documentary who fights against academism and deeply connected with the cinémathèque spirit. Henri Langlois asks to Matisse, Picasso, Chagall and Calder to film or to let the film director Fredric Rossif catching the different steps of their creativity. The MoMA of New - York City will give an expensive pellicula for doing that. Henri Langlois didn't consider these movies as a success. Frederic Rossif made two short movies (8 and 25 minutes) about Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall. Without any sound these two shorts make us think about occultism or first screenings at the end of the 19th century. The Matisse short show us the painter sitting in a chair giving orders to young women. Cuting gouached papers with cissors he indicate them how to fixing it on religious wardrobes for the Rosaire chapel of Vence.

Gouached papers cut by Matisse in 1945

Matisse and Vence, the pure emotion - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Vence Museum from June, 24 to December, 31 2017, open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 6pm, 2 place du Frêne, 06140 Vence, phone : 04.93.58.03.26, ticket (full price) : 6 € ...

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Matisse and Picasso, the model comedy - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Matisse Museum of Nice from June 23rd to September 29th 2018, 164 arena avenue, 06000 Nice, open every days from 10am to 6pm, phone : 04.93.53.00.22 At first the way how Matisse ...

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Matisse, metamorphosis - artetcinemas.over-blog.com

Exhibition at the Matisse Museum from February 15 to May 4, 2020, 164 avenue of the Cimiez arenas, 06364 Nice, daily open except Tuesdays, from 10 am to 7 pm, phone : 04.93.81.08.08, ticket full ...

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Expo Louis de Funès, rétrospectives Dino Risi & Plein les yeux La Cinémathèque rouvre ses portes le 15 décembre 2020, avec les cycles Dino Risi et Plein les Yeux, mais aussi l'exposition Louis...

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