THE MATISSE MUSEUM, NICE, HAS CHOSEN TO DISPLAY THE WORKS OF THE AMERICAN PAINTER ROBERT DE NIRO, SR (1922-1993), TO ANSWER ITS VOCATION OF MAKING KNOWN THE WORKS OF MATISSE, MASTER OF THE 20th CENTURY, THROUGH DIFFERENT ANGLES AND, ON THIS OCCASION, AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. THE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF ROBERT DE NIRO, SR SHOW A RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORKS OF MATISSE THROUGH THE CREATION OF CERTAIN COMPOSITIONS, GRAPHIC ASSERTION OF CERTAIN DRAWINGS, USE OF THE SAME TECHNIQUES, LIKE STUMPING, AND THE SEARCH FOR HARMONIES OF COLOURS. INFLUENCED BY THE GREAT EUROPEAN ARTISTS, ROBERT DE NIRO, SR FOCUSED HIS WORK ON THE FIGURATIVE, A MORE SENSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF THE WORLD. HOWEVER, HE PRESERVED HIS OWN MODE OF EXPRESSION, TIED TO THE ABSTRACT, WHICH CAME FROM HIS TRAINING UNDER SUCH GREAT AMERICAN MASTERS LIKE JOSEPH ALBERS, FOUNDER OF OPTICAL ART, AND HANS HOFMANN, A FOLLOWER OF BAUHAUS, WHOSE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF COLOUR AND SPACE REPRESENTS AMERICAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, PARTICULARLY THE NEW YORK SCHOOL. THE STUNNING AND UNIQUE EXHIBITION BEGINS WITH THE PRESENTATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT DE NIRO, SR IN HIS NEW YORK STUDIO. FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS ARE ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO THEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ART OF MATISSE, SUCH AS FEMALE MODELS, INTERIORS, STILL LIFES, LANDSCAPES, ENDING WITH A SERIES OF BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS WITH STUMPING.
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