Matisse
Americannoun
noun
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Eight illustrations by French artist Henri Matisse that were stolen from a library in São Paulo have been recovered by police in Brazil.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million which were stolen from an Italian museum in March have been recovered, police said Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Lakers have signed forward Matisse Thybulle to a one-year, $3.3-million contract, people familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly told The Times Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The show is curated by Claudine Grammont, head of the graphic arts department at Paris’s Musée National d’Art Moderne in the Centre Pompidou, where a multiyear renovation has freed up the museum’s vast Matisse holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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