The great French 1 0

painter Henri Matisse was not a joiner.

He refused to join any popular art 1 0

of his time.

He 1 0

with artists of the past, and

periodically 1 0

shoulders with his chief rival, Pablo Picasso.

The evolution of his art, was because of 1 0

attempts to master his craft, no matter the cost.

The exhibition of his paintings at the Katz Museum is a 1 0

instructive depiction of the evolution of his art.

The paintings number only 49, a 1 0

figure considering how prolific a painter he was.

But each of those paintings is 1 0

if not always pivotal.