
INFLUENCES OF MATISSE by Clement Greenberg
INFLUENCES OF MATISSE THE WORD ‘DECORATIVE’ is no longer used as freely as it once was in finding fault with works of pictorial art. Too much of the best art of our time was criticized, when first seen, for being too “decorative”. Matisse’s art in particular was criticized for that and it continued to be criticized for that. But if the word is now largely … Continue reading INFLUENCES OF MATISSE by Clement Greenberg