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'No artist of the 20th century was so involved with the process of looking at the world and questioning that looking as was Matisse – and Gowing understands that completely' - Art in America 'Literate, informed and discerning' - Choice 'Lawrence Gowing brings the eye of a painter and the erudition of a scholar to this illuminating book on Matisse, which probes the complex ways in which the inner workings of the artist’s mind find expression in his art' - Jack Flam

'No artist of the 20th century was so involved with the process of looking at the world and questioning that looking as was Matisse – and Gowing understands that completely' - Art in America 'Literate, informed and discerning' - Choice

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Sir Lawrence Gowing RA (1918-1991) was an English artist, writer, curator and teacher. Initially recognized as a portrait and landscape painter, he quickly rose to prominence as an art educator, writer and, eventually, curator and museum trustee.

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