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Vincent Giarrano, 1960 | Life in the city

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American painter Vincent Giarrano, also known as Vince Giarrano, was born in Buffalo, New York.
Giarrano started drawing at an early age, teaching himself by studying other artists.
Following his degree in Fine Art from State University, New York, 1982 and his Masters in Fine Art from Syracuse University, 1985, he chose to pursue a career in illustration working, amongst others, for the large publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics.


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Henri Matisse | Legacy / L'eredità

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The first painting of Henri Matisse🎨 (31 December 1869 - 3 November 1954) acquired by a public collection was Still Life with Geraniums (1910), exhibited in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
Today, a Matisse painting can fetch as much as US $17 million.
In 2002, a Matisse sculpture, Reclining Nude I (Dawn), sold for US $9.2 million, a record for a sculpture by the artist.
Matisse's daughter Marguerite often aided Matisse scholars with insights about his working methods and his works. She died in 1982 while compiling a catalog of her father's work.
Matisse's son, Pierre Matisse, (1900-1989) opened an important modern art gallery in New York City during the 1930s.



The Pierre Matisse Gallery which was active from 1931 until 1989 represented and exhibited many European artists and a few Americans and Canadians in New York often for the first time.
He exhibited Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, André Derain, Yves Tanguy, Le Corbusier, Paul Delvaux, Wilfredo Lam, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Balthus, Leonora Carrington, Zao Wou Ki, Sam Francis, sculptors Theodore Roszak, Raymond Mason and Reg Butler, and several other important artists, including the work of Henri Matisse.
Henri Matisse's grandson, Paul Matisse, is an artist and inventor living in Massachusetts.
Matisse's great granddaughter Sophie Matisse is active as an artist in 2008.


Henri Matisse 1869-1954 | The Models

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Il primo dipinto di Matisse acquisito da una collezione pubblica era Still Life with Geraniums (1910), esposto nella Pinakothek der Moderne.
Oggi, un dipinto di Matisse può arrivare fino a 17 milioni di dollari.
Nel 2002, una scultura di Matisse, Reclining Nude I (Dawn), ha venduto per US $ 9,2 milioni, un record per una scultura dell'artista.
La figlia di Matisse, Marguerite, spesso aiutava gli studiosi di Matisse a comprendere i suoi metodi di lavoro e le sue opere. Morì nel 1982 mentre compilava un catalogo del lavoro di suo padre.
Il figlio di Matisse, Pierre Matisse, (1900-1989) aprì un'importante galleria d'arte moderna a New York negli anni '30.
La Galleria Pierre Matisse, attiva dal 1931 al 1989, rappresentava e esponeva per la prima volta molti artisti europei e pochi americani e canadesi a New York.
Ha esposto Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, André Derain, Yves Tanguy, Le Corbusier, Paul Delvaux, Wilfredo Lam, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Balthus, Leonora Carrington, Zao Wou Ki, Sam Francis, scultori Theodore Roszak, Raymond Mason e Reg Butler e molti altri artisti importanti, tra cui il lavoro di Henri Matisse.
Il nipote di Henri Matisse, Paul Matisse, è un artista e inventore che vive in Massachusetts. La pronipote di Matisse Sophie Matisse è attiva come artista nel 2008.




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