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After the death of his stepfather [[Marcel Duchamp]] in 1968, Matisse worked with his widowed mother [[Alexina Duchamp|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions - Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés |url=https://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/324.html |website=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions |publisher=Philadelphia Museum of Art |accessdate=2019-07-06}}</ref>
After the death of his stepfather [[Marcel Duchamp]] in 1968, Matisse worked with his widowed mother [[Alexina Duchamp|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions - Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés |url=https://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/324.html |website=Philadelphia Museum of Art - Exhibitions |publisher=Philadelphia Museum of Art |accessdate=2019-07-06}}</ref>


From 1977 to 1979 he helped install a full-scale "mobile" sculpture by [[Alexander Calder]] (who had died suddenly in 1976) for the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington, DC]]. The original design in steel was too heavy for display, so a lighter-weight version made with [[aluminum honeycomb]] supported from steel bars was fabricated and installed instead. Before his death, Calder had asked Matisse for his assistance in performing these tasks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Calder Mobile |url=http://www.paulmatisse.com/calder-mobile |website=Paul Matisse |accessdate=2019-05-02}}</ref>

Thereafter, Matisse began his own public art career.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Matisse currently resides with his wife Mimi and has a workshop and gallery in a former Baptist church in [[Groton, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Reed"/><ref name="PMBio"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} The Who, What, Where of East Fork |url=https://eastfork.com/pages/about |website=East Fork Pottery |accessdate=2020-09-30 |language=en}}</ref> His granddaughter is actress [[Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse]].
Matisse currently resides with his wife Mimi and has a workshop and gallery in a former Baptist church in [[Groton, Massachusetts]].<ref name="Reed"/><ref name="PMBio"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=About {{!}} The Who, What, Where of East Fork |url=https://eastfork.com/pages/about |website=East Fork Pottery |accessdate=2020-09-30 |language=en}}</ref> His granddaughter is actress [[Gaïa Jacquet-Matisse]].


==Selected public artworks==
==Selected public artworks==
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File:LaCoste.jpg|''Meditation Bell'' (2012)
File:LaCoste.jpg|''Meditation Bell'' (2012)
File:Athens Olympic Bell.jpg|thumb|''Olympic Bell'' for Athens Olympic Games (2004)
File:Athens Olympic Bell.jpg|''Olympic Bell'' for Athens Olympic Games (2004)
File:Japanese American Memorial Bell.jpg|''National Japanese American Memorial Bell'' (2001)
File:Japanese American Memorial Bell.jpg|''National Japanese American Memorial Bell'' (2001)
File:Charlestown Bells.jpg|''Charlestown Bells'' (2000)
File:Charlestown Bells.jpg|''Charlestown Bells'' (2000)
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File:Musical+Fence0002+(2).jpg|''Musical Fence'' (1980)
File:Musical+Fence0002+(2).jpg|''Musical Fence'' (1980)
File:Kendall Square station - Cambridge, MA - DSC05741.jpg|''Kendall Band'' (1987)
File:Kendall Square station - Cambridge, MA - DSC05741.jpg|''Kendall Band'' (1987)
File:Calder+Mobile.jpg|thumb|This Calder mobile was posthumously installed by Paul Matisse (1977)
File:Calder+Mobile.jpg|Calder mobile (1977)
</gallery>
</gallery>


*''Meditation Bell'' (2012) - exhibited at Chateau la Coste in 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Vous avez cherché matisse |url=https://chateau-la-coste.com/en/?s=matisse&lang=en |website=Chateau la Coste |publisher=Chateau la Coste |accessdate=2020-09-30}}</ref>
*''Meditation Bell'' (2012) - installed at Chateau la Coste in 2012<ref>{{cite web |title=Vous avez cherché matisse |url=https://chateau-la-coste.com/en/?s=matisse&lang=en |website=Chateau la Coste |publisher=Chateau la Coste |accessdate=2020-09-30}}</ref>
*''Olympic Bell'' (2004) - installation for the Athens Olympic Games
*''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, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]
*''Charlestown Bells'' (2000) – interactive musical sculpture on the [[Charles River Dam]] between downtown [[Boston]] and the Boston neighborhood of [[Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown]]
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*''[[Kendall Band]]'' (1987) – interactive musical sculpture in the [[MBTA]]'s [[Kendall/MIT Station (MBTA)|Kendall/MIT subway station]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
*''[[Kendall Band]]'' (1987) – interactive musical sculpture in the [[MBTA]]'s [[Kendall/MIT Station (MBTA)|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]].
*''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<ref name="CalderNGA">{{cite web |title=Untitled (1976) |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56517.html |website=www.nga.gov |publisher=National Gallery of Art |accessdate=2020-09-30}}</ref>
*Calder Mobile (1977) - installation at National Gallery East Building<ref name="CalderNGA">{{cite web |title=Untitled (1976) |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.56517.html |website=www.nga.gov |publisher=National Gallery of Art |accessdate=2020-09-30}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:32, 13 October 2020

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 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 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)
    Meditation Bell (2012)
  • Olympic Bell for Athens Olympic Games (2004)
    Olympic Bell for Athens Olympic Games (2004)
  • National Japanese American Memorial Bell (2001)
    National Japanese American Memorial Bell (2001)
  • Charlestown Bells (2000)
    Charlestown Bells (2000)
  • Forest Bells (1997)
    Forest Bells (1997)
  • Musical Fence (1980)
    Musical Fence (1980)
  • Kendall Band (1987)
    Kendall Band (1987)
  • Calder mobile (1977)
    Calder mobile (1977)

References

  1. ^ a b c Reed, Christopher (1 May 2002). "Pure Fabrications". Harvard Magazine. Harvard University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. ^ 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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