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The Misery of Not Painting like others

Peter Campbell

  • The Unknown Matisse: Man of the North, 1869-1908 by Hilary Spurling
  • Matisse: Father and Son by John Russell
  • Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse by John O’Brien
  • Matisse and Picasso by Yve-Alain Bois

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Peter Campbell is the London Review’s resident designer and art critic.

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