Matisse Musee National d'Art Moderne #41 cycler The poster's bold color palette

The poster's bold color palette is gripping—the rushing rapids and surrounding greenery practically come alive

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Exposition Artistique sans Precedent

Francesco Rabal

Caroline Munro

Matisse Musee National d'Art Moderne #41 cycler The poster's bold color paletteLithograph designed by French painter Henri Matisse advertising a 1949 exhibition of his recent work at the Musee National d'Art Moderne (National Museum of Modern Art). In 1959, lithographer Fernand Mourlot organized an exhibition of all the lithographs artists had created at his shop, Mourlot Studios. His shop, later renamed Mourlot Editions, had become one of the largest print studios in Europe by the mid 20th Century, transformed from the simple