Art in the Interwar Years, Part 3: Henri Matisse
Mon, Feb 09
|New York, online
This series of talks will look at individual artists who lived through some of the most tumultuous times at the beginning of the 20th century in Europe. Did it influence their work, their perception of the world, where they lived or who they sold to? Please join Mariska to find out!
Time & Location
Feb 09, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
New York, online
About the Event
Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum — and between the end of World War I and the eve of World War II, artists were anything but untouched by the chaos. How did the horrors of war, the collapse of empires, deadly pandemics, and ideological revolutions influence the creative minds who lived through it all? From personal grief to utopian ideals, it's time to explore how European artists responded to the rapidly shifting world around them — whether resisting, retreating, reimagining, or redefining what art could mean in the face of overwhelming uncertainty.
Join us for a five-part series that traces how artists across Europe absorbed and responded to the seismic shifts of the interwar years. In Part Three: Henri Matisse, we’ll examine how one of modernism’s most celebrated artists used joy, color, and harmony as quiet acts of resistance in the face of war, illness, and personal hardship.
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