Mattise VS Picasso

My experience of the “Matisse Picasso Exhibit” at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) was significantly educational and interesting. The exhibit consisted of 133
works mostly top – drawer paintings, drawings, and sculptures, 67 by Picasso and 66 by
Matisse. “Mounting the exhibit was a massive undertaking in itself: finding just the right
Matisse to pair with just the right Picasso, to show how the two developed separately and
together, exploring what seems at times like an elaborate clandestine collaboration, at
other times like out and out war”. Throughout this paper I will be comparing and
contrasting one work from each artist, which I have chosen: Henri Matisse’s “Music”
and Pablo Picasso’s “Serenade”. Each piece is alike and different in many ways.

Henri Matisse’s, “Music” (1939) Oil on canvas 45 3/8 x 45 3/8 painted in the
days of war but shows no hints of troubles, bring...