Matisse And Diebenkorn 'Meet' At Last, At The Baltimore Museum Of Art
"A 'conversation' between two major artists — Henri Matisse of France, and Richard
Diebenkorn of the U.S. — is taking place on the walls of the Baltimore Museum of Art. The two artists n"
"Matisse's great-granddaughter and Diebenkorn's daughter got to see the exhibition before it opened to the public; Gretchen Diebenkorn Grant, 71, and Sophie Matisse, 51, met for the first time at the Baltimore Museum of Art."
"'My whole life we all looked at Matisse the whole time,' Grant tells Matisse."
"'That's funny, me too,' Matisse laughs."
"Curator Katy Rothkopf began thinking about getting Matisse and Diebenkorn (the painters, not the descendants!) together some 15 years ago. She was poking through the Baltimore Museum's storage room when inspiration struck."