"Interior, Flowers and Parakeets" by Henri Matisse. Photo courtesy The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA
Paris was the place where artists convened in the early 1900s. European modernists Henri Matisse (“Interior, Flowers and Parakeets,” pictured), Pablo Picasso and their contemporaries were in the city, establishing their prolific portfolios. It’s also where they met art patrons Claribel and Etta Cone, who later acquired hundreds of their works. Nearly 50 of those pieces are in Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore at Vancouver Art Gallery (to Sep. 30).—Kristina Urquhart
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