turns out matisse was a fabric ho too. over his lifetime he collected tons of textiles to use in his paintings, or just for inspiration. if you look at his work (as ann and dabney were able to do last weekend at the met), all those bold colors and patterns you see are from the algerian, islamic, moroccan, turkish, and spanish cloth he picked up on his travels.
he also had a thing for contemporary couture gowns, or romanian peasant blouses for that matter, when they were at the height of fashion in Paris in the early 20th century.
ann and dabney have the fabric hoarding thing down, if only they could learn to paint...
WElllll I paint. Maybe we should get together with some fabric and paint and make some Matisse-esque stuff?
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