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Paul Matisse (born 1933) is an artist and inventor known for his public art installations, many of which are interactive. Matisse also invented the Kalliroscope.
Early life and education
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Paul Matisse is the stepson of artist Marcel Duchamp and grandson of French painter Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse's son, Pierre Matisse, was Paul's father.[1]
In 1954 Matisse graduated from Harvard,[1] where he once lived in Eliot House.
Matisse studied at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and worked briefly with Buckminster Fuller.[2]
Artistic career
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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.[3]
From 1977 to 1979 he helped enlarge a sculpture by Alexander Calder (who had died suddenly in 1976) for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.[4] Thereafter, he began his own public art career.
Personal life
Matisse currently resides with his wife Mimi and has a workshop and gallery in a former Baptist church in Groton, Massachusetts.[1][2] His daughter Sophie Matisse is a painter in New York. His son, Alex Matisse, is a pottery artist and founder of East Fork Pottery in North Carolina. His granddaughter is actress Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse.
Selected public artworks
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Musical Fence (1980)
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Kendall Band (1987)
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Forest Bells (1997)
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Charlestown Bells (2000)
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National Japanese American Memorial Bell (2001)
- Musical Fence (1980) – interactive musical sculpture once located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now housed at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Another version is at the Montshire Museum of Science in Vermont.
- Kendall Band (1987) – interactive musical sculpture in the MBTA's Kendall/MIT subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Forest Bells (1997)] – six vertical aluminum bells hanging from the limbs of oak trees on Groton Conservation Trust property in Groton, Massachusetts[5]
- Charlestown Bells (2000) – interactive musical sculpture on the Charles River Dam between downtown Boston, Massachusetts and the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown
- Memorial Bell (2001) – at the National Japanese-American Memorial to Patriotism in Washington, DC
References
- ^ a b c Reed, Christopher (1 May 2002). "Pure Fabrications". Harvard Magazine. Harvard University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Bio". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "History". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "Calder Mobile". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- ^ "Forest Bells". Paul Matisse. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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