Member Lecture—An Art of Immersion: Matisse’s Oceanic Escapes

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A rare opportunity! Welcome internationally known Henri Matisse specialist John Klein, professor of art history and archaeology at Washington University.

Hoping to break through a creative block, Henri Matisse traveled halfway around the world to French Polynesia in 1930. Join Klein as he takes an immersive look into Matisse’s ocean-inspired tapestries and discusses the transformative influence the island had on his work.

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