Author(s): Jean-Francois Chaigneau

Appreciation

Discover some of the major 20th century artists in intimate settings. Paris Match magazine has followed, photographed and interviewed them exclusively over a period of more than 60 years. Paris Matchs exceptional archives are opened to us. They reveal rare moments at the heart of artistic creation: artists at work, in the intimacy of their studios and their secret gardens, surrounded by their families and friends. Take a unique look at Chagalls opera ceiling, Dalis awakened dreams, miros suns. Francis Bacons studies: beyond these incredible works, the editor penetrates to provide with an inside view of the lives of these geniuses. It contains never seen photo sequences of the following artists: Francis Bacon; Balthus; Georg Baselitz; Fernando Botero; Georges Braque; Bernard Buffet; Jean Carzon; Marc Chagall; Jean Cocteau; Salvador Dali; Paul Delvaux; Kees van Dongen; Raoul Dufy; Alberto Giacometti; David Hockney; Moise Kisling; Jean Lurcat; Rene Magritte; Georges Mathieu; Henri Matisse; Jean Miro; Pablo Picasso; Serge Poliakoff; Robert Rauschenberg; Herve di Rosa; Georges Rouault; Pierre Soulage; Antoni Tapies; Maurice Utrillo; Jacques Villon; Maurice de Vlaminck.