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Reactions to Hilary Spurling’sThe Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse, vol. I, 1869-1908 published autumn 1998 by Knopf (US) & Penguin (UK)US REVIEWS‘Hilary Spurling has given us a definitive biography that reads like a detective story. It is an extraordinary and brilliant book . . . extraordinary in revealing . . . so much about Matisse that was previously unknown and unexpected . . . brilliant in the clarity and compactness of its prose and in the sharpness of the insights that appear on page after page . . . This is a truly indispensable biography . . . vividly drawn, utterly compelling and profoundly moving.’–John Elderfield, Museum of Modern Art, New York. One can only eagerly await the second volume of Spurling’s definitive biography of Henri Matisse. –J. Carter Brown, Director of the National Gallery of Art, New York Times Book Review.Again and again the reader fears for Matisse, as in a good novel: how will he get out of this hole? who will buy his work? what if he gives up? . . . Her second volume cannot arrive too soon.–Julian Barnes, New York Times Book Review ‘This is a marvellous book–beautifully written, masterly in its research and wonderfully wise in its depiction of character, circumstance and the vicissitudes of the artist’s vocation.’ –Hilton Kremer, Washington Times‘Spurling brushes aside all our preconceptions about the painter to reveal a personality–and a personal history–none of us had guessed at. . . . This first volume of a full biography of Matisse is a triumph of research and writing, a work of literature worthy of its subject.’–Richard Dorment, New York Review of Books The Unknown Matisse is aptly titled . . . Unlike the luckier and more charmed Picasso, Matisse was haunted by the specter of failure, poverty and ridicule, in part because he–again, unlike Picasso–experienced all three. . . . It’s thrilling to learn what Matisse was looking at, what he experimented with, endured and suffered on the way to becoming one of the great painters of our century.’–Francine Prose, Washington Post‘Her clear narrative keeps one turning the pages almost as if reading a novel . . . a major accomplishment and sure to be a landmark in the literature on Matisse.’–Jack Flam, Art News‘This book is marvellous to read. Having finished it, one wants to start all over again.’–Svetlana Alpers, Key Reporter‘An extraordinary new view of Matisse . . . When I first heard that Hilary Spurling was planning to write about Henri Matisse, I wondered what an English literary biographer could possibly tell me about my intensely French artist grandfather . . . The results are absolutely astonishing. For anyone interested in Matisse’s work, this book will be a revelation . . . The book is almost like a mystery story, packed with surprising developments . . . Once started this is a very hard book to put down. I couldn’t recommend it too highly.’–Paul Matisse, Amazon online‘A smashing good biography . . . Hilary Spurling’s role is advocate, and she is a formidable one . . . A painter’s development is both an intimate and an open transaction, and Spurling makes us feel its peril.’–Editors’ Choice, Best Books of 1998, New York Times Book Review‘Spurling’s book is the opposite of the massive bound collections of file cards that are biography’s current fashion. . . . I do not know of another book which, while lavishly setting its subject among his fellows, illuminates so searchingly the human and artistic struggles of a painter’s life.’–Richard Eder’s 10 Best Books, Los Angeles Times"Hilary Spurling has written a rich and deeply illuminating life, with all the feeling and passion for the work that Henri Matisse himself would have appreciated. This is a true biographical masterpiece." -Mark Bostridge, The Independent on Sunday "A quite glorious biography . . . Hilary Spurling fixes his story with great humanity and rigorous scholarship . . . She has dug among the archives and looked very exactly at the pictures, but she doesn't read backwards from them as though they were somehow inevitable; she sees the risk and drama in each . . . This is a biography with the tact and timing of a very good novel." -Michael Pye, The Scotsman "Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse. She has interviewed more people than anyone else; has combed the public archives more thoroughly; and, most important of all, has had greater access than any previous researcher to Matisse's correspondence. This volume is full of previously unknown incidents and details that correct mistakes and misapprehensions and that clarify or expand the known record to complete what is, astonishingly, the very first serious biography of the artist-and destined to remain the standard biography for a long time." -John Elderfield, The Guardian "Superb . . . A reviewer called the first volume of this biography 'a sunburst.' Now that Spurling's long task is completed, I can only repeat the compliment: her book is both dazzling and warming." -Peter Conrad, The Observer "Inspired and innovative biography . . . What is remarkable about this book is the way that Spurling enters into the character of her subject, communicating his charm, his obsessiveness and restlessness, his enjoyment of life, his vulnerability, the tensions within him, and-hardest of all-his creativity . . . "What is particularly impressive is her ability to weave a huge amount of [primary] material into an easy and, at one level, entertaining narrative, with her subject's voice as one of many. Her touching account of Matisse's relationship with the elderly Renoir in the south of France is a good example of her artistry. Lucid and unhurried as it is, this is a major work of scholarship, which must transform our view of the artist's work . . . "The narrative is sustained by her sensitivity and her ability to convey-often through quotation-the artist's emotions as well as the physical process of creating the work. The biographer's feeling for the period creates one of the most pleasurable aspects of the book: its evocation of life in artistic circles, whether Paris around 1910, St Petersburg before 1914 or the south of France during the Second World War . . . "Matisse is not directly described in this biography; rather, his character and his creativity are suggested by innumerable touches, as it were, of paint. Spurling has shown herself a writer worthy of her subject." -Giles Waterfield, The Independent UK REVIEWS‘Outstanding as an interpreter of his art and life alike, she provides fresh illumination on every page. It is a superlative achievement.’–Richard Cork, The Times "Spurling's Matisse is an outstanding biography, as full of insight into the pictures as it is revealing about the man. It is not necessary to have read the first volume to enjoy the second instalment, though it is certain that new readers will want to return to his formative years. They will not be disappointed. " -Jeanette Winterson, The Times (London) "I cannot praise Spurling's measured, brilliantly researched and wonderfully written biography enough." -Adrian Searle, The Guardian "Every day, Matisse set aside an hour or more to write letters to family and friends. Only a small portion of these has been published. Spurling, an expert at mustering biographical evidence, draws on this source material to gripping effect. Her account activates small details, such as the physical constraints that undermine creativity, as well as key relationships, including Matisse's involvement with important collectors . . . "Spurling's monumental biography challenges [the view that Matisse was a lightweight compared to Picasso]. It deepens and makes more complex our understanding of Matisse." -Frances Spalding, The Sunday Times ‘Spurling Volume 1 invites comparison with John Richardson’s Life of Picasso . . . her achievement is in some respects even greater than Richardson’s . . . Hilary Spurling has transformed Matisse studies.’ –William Feaver, Times Educational Supplement‘A superlative achievement . . . It is a dramatic, moving and sometimes comical story, and all one can hope is that, without relaxing her admirably rigorous standards, Spurling won’t keep us waiting very long for Volume Two.’–Elizabeth Cowling, Times Literary Supplement‘Matisse . . . suggests the opposite of the strenuous, discomforting novelty which so much of the art of this century has aimed at embodying . . . It is the purpose of this biography, triumphantly achieved, to reverse that notion in every detail . . . this book transforms our sense not only of Matisse but also of his work.’–Martin Gayford, Sunday Telegraph‘Miraculous . . . the best life of a painter that I have ever read . . . For all the intelligence and sensibility of her approach, Spurling charts [Matisse’s life] with the agonising excitement of great fiction.’ –Grey Gowrie, Daily Telegraph
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About the Author
Hilary Spurling was born in England and educated at Oxford University. She has been theater critic and literary editor of The Spectator and a book reviewer for The Daily Telegraph, and has written biographies of Ivy Compton-Burnett and Paul Scott. The first volume of her biography of Henri Matisse, The Unknown Matisse, was an Editors’ Choice book of The New York Times. Since its publication, Ms. Spurling has written and lectured extensively on Matisse and originated an exhibition about the importance of textiles in the artist’s life and work that opened at the Royal Academy in London in the spring of 2005 and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in the summer of 2005.
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Product details
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Knopf; Reprint edition (October 2, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375711538
ISBN-13: 978-0375711534
Product Dimensions:
7 x 1.5 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.8 out of 5 stars
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never thought i'd read this entire book not skipping a page but i joyfully did. it's big around 500 pgs or more. It is superb writing, research, understanding of art and especially her understanding and ability to talk about the human dynamics of this huge family and all who came in touch with Matisse. Highly recommended. a side review are her depictions of WW II in France on a day to day basis in the small towns and villages - how it was part of everyone's life involved with Matisse - she brought that war home to me in a way i could know it, feel it. The complicated and twirled relationships Matisse had with all the people around him. Spurling superbly gives it to us, the reader. Matisse was huge in his ability to love people, cultures, the beauty of light, color, experimentation and - always digging deeper, never losing focus of what he was about & was on this planet for - to make visible to others the beauty of art, music, soul & life coming together. Matisse' relentless ability to "keep your head down and be in the moment" is absolutely the best inspirational cocktail ever. When i read this bio i also had the gigantic catalog of the MOMA retrospective of his life's work, highly recommended. Such a treat for me. Matisse has always been a favorite artist for me, and now so totally in love with him like all the others who were lucky enough to be a part of his life. so thank you Hilary Spurling!
Matisse continued to go his own way, extending his experiments with color and abstraction while finding the emotion within his models, even within his still life's. His reliance on his wife for emotional stability and on Shchukin for financial security allowed Matisse to explore his genre more extensively plus move to exotic environments for periods of time, which expanded his artistic perceptions still further.
In the second volume of her unmatched biography of Matisse, Spurling completes the archetypal story of The Artist. As clearly as one could desire, she portrays a man to whom everyone and everything in life was subordinated to Work. It is a vivid picture of how subservience to an inner urge, a personality-dominant characteristic, can allow a man, in desperate need of family, friends,colleagues, art-community support and recognition, can turn these into instruments of achievement, as measured by what they mean for accomplishment of his own objectives. It is likely that many of us would deny respect to the businessman, the politician, the journalist, who acted in such manner, but the Artist (at least, not when personally related to us ) is generally respected for his commitment. In Matisse's case, Spurling shows how he did care for others, do his best to advance them in their personal and professional lives, but, at rock bottom, was prepared to sacrifice their interests, their well-being, to his gift. I used the word obsessed because their is every evidence that Matisse, as was Picasso, the other recognized Giant of his era in French Art, could no help himself.Aside from this fascinating aspects of his life, Spurling explores, better than has been done previously, his relationship to the major figures and many of the minor ones, in his life. She also explores the life circumstances from which emerged the various notable patterns in his work, in particular, she details the deteriorating health situation from which came some of the most striking visual imagery of the twentieth century.There is much else to be found in this second volume of a set prerequisite to understanding the life and work of Matisse. Certainly, this book is among the "must reads" for any amateur (or professional) student of Modern Art.
I read both of the biographies written by Spurling on Matisse. I felt that the first one, The Unknown Matisse, was the weakest of the two (but still very much worth reading). Some photo captions were confusing and this first book could have been edited down a bit. We really don't need to know about realtatives of realtives, etc. The second book, Matisse the Master, is excellent. Both seem to be well documented and reader-friendly (without the mystique and jargin that you sometimes find in these books, especially if written by pompus art historians or academic types). The plates of Matisse's works are good but there really should have been a second set of plates in the second book. Major pieces were discussed with no photographs, leaving the reader to seek out images from other sources. Both books together offer a Matisse biography that gives an intersting, thorough, and balanced presentation of the artist, his personal demons, the historical context, family members and their interactions, Matisse's creative understandings and struggles, his interaction with other artists and historical figure, etc. If you like Matisse's work, the two books are well worth the modest price and investment in time to absorb 800 pages of material!
Do not buy this for reproductions - they are small and only serve to remind you of the key works mentioned. Do buy it if you are interested in one of the most fascinating, important painters of modern times. Full of pertinent and/or fascinating information of a time and a place not so long ago of a world of art and politics continually changing in new and exciting way.
A thick book but great for research and photos to support the text
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