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In the second volume of her biography of Henri Matisse, Hilary Spurling describes the reaction of French Communists to the elderly artist's chapel at Vence, for which he designed not only the stained glass windows, but also the architecture, furnishings, murals, and vestments. Completed in 1951, Matisse called it his "masterpiece."
Once in power, the Communists promised to turn it into a dance hall.
The union of religion and modern art has the power to inspire and surprise and often offend. Conventional wisdom would have it that modernism and religion--in particular, Jewish and Christian religion--rarely walk hand in hand. Whether it be Vence or the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Gallery chronicle.(Sanctuary Revealed: Restoration of an...