Paul Matisse

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Rotating Kalliroscope

Paul Matisse (born 1933) is an artist and inventor known for his public art installations, many of which are interactive and produce sound. Matisse also invented the Kalliroscope.

Early life and education[]

Paul Matisse is the son of New York gallery owner Pierre Matisse, (the youngest son of painter Henri Matisse), and Alexina Sattler. His mother later divorced Pierre and married artist Marcel Duchamp, becoming Alexina "Teeny" Duchamp. Thus Paul is both grandson of Henri Matisse, and later became the stepson of Marcel Duchamp.[1]

In 1954 Matisse graduated from Harvard University,[1] where he once lived in Eliot House.[citation needed]

Matisse studied at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and worked briefly with Buckminster Fuller.[2]

Artistic career[]

Matisse worked in product development for Arthur D. Little.[2] In 1962 he set off on his own, inventing (1966), patenting (1968), and ultimately manufacturing Kalliroscopes, which can display the complex and otherwise-invisible flow of liquids.[3]

After the death of his stepfather Marcel Duchamp in 1968, Matisse worked with his widowed mother Alexina "Teeny" Duchamp and curator Anne d'Harnoncourt to implement the posthumous installation of Duchamp's now-iconic artwork Étant donnés at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[4]

Personal life[]

Matisse currently resides in a former Baptist church in Groton, Massachusetts.[1][2] His daughter Sophie Matisse is an artist in New York City. His son, Alex Matisse, is a pottery artist and founder of East Fork Pottery in North Carolina.[5] His granddaughter is actress Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse.

Selected public artworks[]

  • Meditation Bell (2012)

  • Olympic Bell for Athens Olympic Games (2004)

  • National Japanese American Memorial Bell (2001)

  • Charlestown Bells (2000)

  • Forest Bells (1997)

  • Musical Fence (1980)

  • Kendall Band (1987)

  • Calder Mobile (1977)

  • Meditation Bell (2012) - exhibited at Chateau la Coste in 2018[6]
  • Olympic Bell (2004) - installation for the Athens Olympic Games
  • Charlestown Bells (2000) – interactive musical sculpture on the Charles River Dam between downtown Boston and the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown
  • Memorial Bell (2001) – at the National Japanese-American Memorial to Patriotism in Washington, DC
  • Forest Bells (1997)] – six vertical aluminum bells hanging from the limbs of oak trees on property in Groton, Massachusetts[7]
  • Kendall Band (1987) – interactive musical sculpture in the MBTA's Kendall/MIT subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Musical Fence (1980) – interactive musical sculpture once located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now installed at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Another version is at the Montshire Museum of Science in Vermont.
  • Untitled (1976) - Alexander Calder's last major artwork, posthumously modified for installation by Paul Matisse[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Reed, Christopher (1 May 2002). "Pure Fabrications". Harvard Magazine. Harvard University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Bio". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. ^ "History". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  4. ^ "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions - Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés". Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  5. ^ "About | The Who, What, Where of East Fork". East Fork Pottery. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  6. ^ "Vous avez cherché matisse". Chateau la Coste. Chateau la Coste. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  7. ^ "Forest Bells". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  8. ^ "Untitled (1976)". www.nga.gov. National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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