MATISSE STUDIOS
“Don’t wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.”
MATISSE’S STUDIO (COLLIOURE, 1905) 3, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66in/168 x 168c, 2007
“When I started to paint I felt transported into a kind of paradise.”
MATISSE’S STUDIO (COLLIOURE, 1905) 4, acrylic on canvas, 64 x 90in/162.5 x 228cm, 2006
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Quai Saint Michel/Paris, 1903) gouache and charcoal on board, 19 x 22 in, 2009
“If I close my eyes, I see things better than with my eyes open.”
MATISSE’S STUDIO (COLLIOURE, 1905) acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66in/168 x 168c, 2005 Collection of Annette Bening
MATISSE’S PALETTE KNIFE
As a graduation gift Damian’s college professor gave him Matisse’s palette knife (which Matisse had given to Alice B. Toklas). Since then Damian has visited snd painted almost all of Matisse’s studios in Paris and the South of France.
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Quai Saint Michel/Paris, 1916) gouache on board, 18 x 18 in/46 x46cm, 2007 This painting was originally acquired by American playwright, Harold Pinter.
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Grand Hôtel Villa de France/Tangiers, 1912) gouache + pencil on paper, 14 x 18in Collection of Bob Daly + Carole Bayer Sager
“Color was not given to us in order that we imitate Nature. It was given to us so that we can express our emotions.”
MATISSE’S PAINTING STUDIO (Place Charles Felix, Nice 1937) 66 x 66 in (168 x 168 cm), 2021 Collection of Fubon Art Foundation
MATISSE’S BALCONY (La Regina/Nice, 1941) 66 x 66in/168 x168cm, 2019 Collection of Marciano Art Foundation
Damian’s next show July 2024 Unit London, 3 Hanover Square, London W1
“We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.”
MATISSE’S WINDOW (Vence, 1945) acrylic on canvas, 64 x 58 in/163 x147cm, 2003
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Vence, 1946) acrylic on paper, 45 x 54in/114.3 x 137.2cm
“All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone.”
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Vence, 1946) watercolor + charcoal on paper, 14 x 18in/35.6 x45.7cm, 2009
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Vence, 1947) watercolor + charcoal on paper, 18 x 14in/45.7 x 35.6cm, 2004
MATISSE’S STUDIO (Vence, 1948) acrylic on canvas, 58 x 58 in, 2005
MATISSE’S STUDIO (La Regina/Nice, 1952) acrylic on canvas, 60 x 72in/152.4 x 182.9cm, 2004 Collection of Sela Ward
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”
MATISSE’S BALCONY (La Regina/Nice, 1952) acrylic on canvas, 58 x 58in, 2007 Collection of Cynne Georgoulas
MATISSE’S STUDIO (La Regina/Nice, 1952) charcoal + watercolor on paper, 14 x 18in/35.6 x45.7cm, 2004