Matisse, King of Colour

This is the sixth title in the highly-successful Anholt's Artists series about great painters. Each book tells the story of real meetings between a world-famous artist and a child who inspired him in his work, with reproductions of some of the artist's most famous works. This book describes the close relationship between Matisse and Monique, a young girl who wants to become a nun. Matisse develops a sketch drawn by Monique into a set of stained-glass windows and starts raising money to build a chapel for the nuns at Vence, in south-west France. Finally one morning when the chapel is finished, Monique sees the special magic of Matisse's design: when the sun's rays creep into the chapel, transforming its black and white interior into a fantastic sea of blue and green light!

ISBN 1847800432   Pages 32 ISBN13 9781847800435 (What's this?)   Published in London Publisher Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd   Series title Anholt's Artists Imprint Frances Lincoln Childrens Books   Height (mm) 290 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 230 Publication date 09 Feb 2010   Academic level Children DEWEY 759.4   Interest age 5-8 DEWEY edition DC22

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