Thursday, February 16, 2012

Matisse & Picasso: A Friendly Rivalry



This comic strip illustrates the rivalry between Matisse and Picasso. Later in life, they were more friendly about it -- treating one another with fondness.
With Demoiselles, Picasso had thrown down the gauntlet. Matisse responded with "Three Bathers and a Turtle". This was the beginning of a pattern of provocation and inspiration throughout their careers. The book "Mattise and Picasso" by Jack Flam explains this well.

4 comments:

Paul Bozzo said...

Wow, really strong drawing coupled with many values. Middle frame on first page is a master piece!

Matt said...

Wow. Really incredible. I've read some stuff on Picasso before and it seems like he was a real maniac.

Ben Villarreal said...

I love this series! I'm learning so much :-)

grommet said...

I wrote a screenplay about their relationship. We should animate it.

Your strip is great, by the way.