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Notes D'un Peintre

This edition features: • A new English translation • Parallel French and English texts • Afterword Henri Matisse, born 1869, rose to prominence in the first decade of the twentieth century as a leading figure in the controversial

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“What I am after, above all, is expression. Sometimes it has been conceded that I have a certain technical ability but that, my ambition being limited, I am unable to proceed beyond a purely visual satisfaction such as can be procured from the mere sight of a picture. But the purpose of a painter mus…”

— Henri Matisse, amazon.com

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