Jackie Matisse

Jackie Matisse (on the right) with her mother Alexina Duchamp

Jackie Matisse (1931 – 17 May 2021), also known as Jacqueline Matisse Monnier, was a French artist. She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the eldest of the three children of Pierre Matisse and Alexina Duchamp.[1][2] For a time she was married to the French banker, Bernard Monnier.[3][4]

Matisse has been described as "ever the kiteflying [creating] pioneer,"[5] "renowned for her kites."[6] She also worked in supercomputing and virtual reality.[7][8]

She befriended the artist Niki de Saint Phalle at school and they were lifelong friends.[9]

One example of her work is her collaboration with David Tudor and Molly Davies, Sea Tails. An early supporter of Merce Cunningham, she served on the board of directors of the Cunningham Dance Foundation from 2004 to 2012.[4][3]

She died on 17 May 2021, at the age of 90.[10]

Sources

  1. ^ "French artist Jackie Matisse passes away". artdaily.com. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Deaths: Matisse, Jackie". The New York Times. 20 May 2021. p. 24.
  3. ^ a b Kuhn, Laura (ed.) (2016). The Selected Letters of John Cage, p. 355. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819575925
  4. ^ a b The Getty Research Institute. "Davis Tudor: Biographies of Artists and Collaborators"
  5. ^ Ruhe, Ben (March 2003). "Airborne, Underwater, Cyber Flying: The World of Kite Artist Jackie Matisse". Journal of the Drachen Foundation. p. 18.
  6. ^ Shuster, Robert. (Tuesday, 5 January 2010). "Hans Breder's 'Inmixing'; Anton Lamazares at Queen Sofia; Zone's 'Disciplined Spontaneity'", VillageVoice.com. Archived 20 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Jackie Matisse: New Art Volant". evl.uic.edu. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ Jackie Matisse New Art Volant, archived from the original on 6 April 2012, retrieved 27 May 2021
  9. ^ Monnier, Jacqueline Matisse. "My wild friend: Niki de Saint Phalle III – Tate Etc". Tate. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Artistic Collaborations: Jackie Matisse and the Art of Her Time". Artland.


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