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Tuesday March 16, 2010

Release Date: 03.16.10 | Location: All Metro Atlanta | Organization: Womenetics

Womenetics Presents Martinis & Matisse at Oglethorpe University's Museum of Art

Henri Matisse, A Celebration of French Poets & Poetry

On Monday, March 22, Womenetics' Girls' Night Out presents an intimate evening of art and atmosphere as Oglethorpe University's Museum of Art celebrates the life and inspiration of one of the 20^th century's most enduring artistic talents. Tickets are $15 and include entry to the event, two cocktails and hors d' oeuvres, served by French American Bistro (FAB). A limited number of tickets are available, so purchase one now to guarantee your spot. Register for this fun event on the Womenetics website.

This exhibition examines the poetic interest of one of the greatest French painters of the twentieth century, Henri Matisse. Drawing parallels between art and prose, Henri Matisse, A Celebration of French Poets & Poetry reflects on the intricate and prolific relationship between the two mediums. In 1930 when Matisse returned to France from an extended vacation to Tahiti, he was invited by the famous French publisher, Albert Skira, to illustrate selected poems entitled Poésies by the nineteenth-century poet Stéphane Mallarmé. It was the first of several commissions to follow involving poetry and the graphic arts of etching and later lithography. In 1948, the last major commission and collaboration with Skira was Florilége des Amours de Ronsard an illustrated work consisting of 126 lithographs in sanguine, celebrating the love poems of Pierre Ronsard.