Pierre Matisse Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
type Dealer/Gallery
dates 1931-1989
city New York City
stateNY
sex n/a
history Pierre Matisse opened the gallery which bore his name in Nov. 1931 in the recently completed Fuller Building in N.Y.

Between the time of his first arrival in N.Y. from Paris in 1924 and the opening of his gallery, Pierre Matisse acted as European agent in partnership with the N.Y. art dealer Valentine Dudensing.

The works of art he acquired during extensive travels throughout Europe, including those from his father Henri Matisse, were exhibited in Dudensing's gallery. During the same period, in small group shows in Chicago and other cities across the U.S., Pierre Matisse introduced modern European art to American collectors. When this partnership came to an end during one of the most severe economic depressions in American history, Matisse took the risky step of opening up his own gallery. Throughout his long and sometimes economically precarious career, particularly in the early period, Pierre Matisse never wavered in his belief in his artists.

The painters and sculptors who were the mainstay of the gallery were: Miro, Chagall, Balthus, Dubuffet, Giacometti, and Yves Tanguy
decades1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
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Repository Description Links
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Pierre Matisse Gallery Archives, 1903–1990 see details...
Pierpont Morgan Library Archives
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
Pierre Matisse Gallery archives, 1903-1990, Bulk Dates: 1931-1990. (MA 5020) see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Art Lending Service and Art Advisory Service Records, 1948-1996 see details...

see alsoMatisse, Pierre, 1900-1989