Exhibition

Date

Event

1896

Exhibited five paintings at the salon of Societe Nationales de Beaux-Arts

1904

First solo exhibition at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery

1905

Luxe, calme et volupté exhibited in Salon de Indépendants, Paris

Group exhibition with the Fauves at Salon d’Automne, Paris

1906

Henri Matisse, Galerie Druet, Paris

1908

Henri Matisse, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Berlin Henri Matisse, 291 Gallery, New York

1910

Retrospective show at Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris

Second exhibition at 291 Gallery

1913

Exhibited at Armory Show, New York

1914

Exhibited at Gurlitt Gallery, Berlin

1915

Exhibited at Montross Gallery, New York

1919

Exhibited at Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris and Leicester Galleries, London

1920 – 1924

Multiple exhibits at Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris

1924

Solo exhibitions at Brummer Gallery and Fearon Galleries

1927

Henri Matisse, Valentine Dudensing Gallery

1931

Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York Henri Matisse, Kunsthalle, Basel Retrospective show at Galeries Georges Petit, Paris

1936

Henri Matisse, Paul Rosenberg Gallery, Paris

1942

Artists in Exile, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

1944

The War Years: Color Reproductions of Works by Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard 1939 – 1943, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

Joint show with Picasso at Victoria & Albert Museum, London Galerie Maeght, Paris

1948

Retrospective show at Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

1949

Exhibition of cut-paper works at Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Retrospective show at Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris

1950

Exhibition at Maison de la Pensee Française, Paris

1951 - 1952

Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Matisse, Tate Britain, London Henri Matisse, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen Matisse, Berggruen et Cie, Paris

1956

Matisse Chasubles, Museum of Modern Art, New York Matisse Maquette: The Sheaf, Museum of Modern Art, New York Prints of Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

The Last Works of Matisse: Large Cut Gouaches, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965 – 1966

Chasubles Designed by Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966

Henri Matisse: 64 Paintings, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969 – 1970

Matisse: Memory of Oceania, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

Grand Palais retrospective

1971

Matisse: Six Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

Matisse: Jazz, Museum of Modern Art, New York The Sculpture of Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974 – 1975

Chasubles Designed by Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975 – 1977

Matisse: The Swimming Pool, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978 - 1979

Matisse in the Collective of The Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983 – 84

Matisse: Jazz, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

The Drawings of Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

The Prints of Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988 – 1989

Henri Matisse: Nuit de Noel and Liturgical Vestments, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

Dessin de Matisse, Centre Pompidou, Paris

1990

Matisse in Morocco: The Paintings and Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1992 – 1993

Henri Matisse: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1993

Henri Matisse, 1904 – 1917, Centre Pompidou, Paris

2002

Matisse Picasso, Tate Modern, London (later travelled to Grand Palais, Paris)

2003

Matisse Picasso, Museum of Modern Art, New York Henri Matisse, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao

2008

Matisse: A Family Affaire, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton Matisse on Paper, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Henri Matisse – The Master: Works from 1917 – 1952, Singapore Tyler Print Institute, Singapore

2008 – 2009

Henri Matisse and Modern Art on the French Riviera, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

2009

Matisse – Menschen Masken Modelle, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart Matisse’s Amours: Illustrations of Pierre de Ronsard’s Love Poems, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena Henri Matisse Selected Graphic Works and Drawings, Galerie Boisseree, Cologne Matisse: 1917 – 1941, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

2010

Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913 – 1917, Museum of Modern Art, New York (later travelled to The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago)

Henri Matisse: Works on Paper 1908 – 1952, The Andipa Gallery, London

Modern Masters: Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Warhol, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors: Late Works 1950 – 1954, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall

Matisse Picasso and Modern Art in Paris, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

Print Works by Matisse and Rouault, The Menard Art Museum, Kadena

Henri Matisse: Prints 1906 – 1950, Pace Master Prints, New York

2011

Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Matisse: A Celebration of French Poets and Poetry, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale

Matisse: Drawing and Prints 1915 – 1947, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco

Henri Matisse: In Two and Three Dimensions, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro

Afterlife: The Story of Henri Matisse’s Ivy in Flower, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas

2011 – 2012

Matisse: Drawing Life, Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

2012

Matisse – Pairs and Series, Centre Pompidou, Paris Matisse and the Decorative Impulse, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro Henri Matisse: The Thousand and One Nights, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Matisse – Doubles and Variations, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

2012 – 2013

Picasso and Matisse: The DIA’s Prints and Drawings, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Henri Matisse, The Pasphaé Series and other Works on Paper, Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block, Tucson Matisse’s Dancers, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Matisse: In Search of True Painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

2013

Henri Matisse: Improvisation, Monterey Museum of Art, Pacific Street, Monterey Henri Matisse: La Gerbe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Matisse Jazz: Henri Matisse’s Joyful, Poetic Works Created in the Midst of War, Iris & Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford Resolutely Matisse, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro Matisse: The Essence of Line, Selected Prints: 1900 – 1950, Marlborough, New York Matisse Prints: 1906 – 1950, Pace Master Prints, New York

2013 – 2014

Matisse and the Fauves, Albertina Museum, Vienna Matisse, Life in Colour: Masterworks from The Baltimore Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Idaville Matisse’s Marguerite: Model Daughter, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Matisse from SFMOMA, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco

2014

Matisse: Masterworks from the Baltimore Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Matisse’s Jazz and Other Works from Indiana University Collections, Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington Matisse and Picasso: A Friendly Rivalry, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio Matisse: Life in Color, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio The Art Books of Henri Matisse, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio Matisse and His Muses, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley

2014 – 2015

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs, Tate Modern, London (later travelled to Museum of Modern Art, New York) Matisse and Friends, Denver Art Museum, Denver

2015

Henri Matisse; Harmonious Color, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk The Oasis of Matisse, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Matisse and the Moderns, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Matisse in His Time, Foundation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny Matisse and the Eskimos, Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund In Search of Matisse, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden

2015 – 2016

Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts, The Morgan Library, Murray Hill Matisse & Picasso, Hammer Galleries, Midtown New York

2016

Matisse’s Garden, Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome New Arrivals Matisse Prints & Drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art Henri Matisse, John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Henri Matisse: Rhythm and Meaning, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro Matisse in His Time: Masterworks of Modernism from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Henri Matisse: Selections from the Claribel and Etta Cone Collection, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro Henri Matisse: The Advantage of Permanence, Eames Fine Art, London The Art Books of Henri Matisse, Portland Museum of Art, Portland

2016 – 2017

Matisse Drawings, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah Matisse/Diebenkorn, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore (later travelled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)

2017

Matisse in the Studio, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (later travelled to the Royal Academy of Arts, London) Arp Gehr Matisse, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen Matisse, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Henri Matisse: Jazz, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Christchurch

2017 – 2018

Henri Matisse: Jazz & Poetry on Paper, The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Inspired by Matisse: Selected Works from the Collection, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair

2018

Henri Matisse: Works on Paper 1913 – 1948, L.A. Louver Galleries, Los Angeles Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Matisse and the Art of Jazz, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo> Matisse Drawings, Long Beach Museum of art, Long Beach Henri Matisse, John Davies Gallery, Moreton-in-Marsh Henri Matisse: Prints, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Henri Matisse: Master of Line, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Henri Matisse: Drawings and Prints, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia

2018 – 2019

M comme Matisse: Variations Florales, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux

2019

Henri Matisse: Prints & Drawings, Galerie Thomas/ Thomas Modern, Munich Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, The Heard Museum, Phoenix Matisse Prints, Galeria Marlborough, Barcelona Henri Matisse, Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester Matisse. Un País nuevo, Centre Pompidou Malaga Matisse – Metamorphoses. Milestones in Modern Sculpture, Kunsthaus, Zurich

2019 – 2020

Henri Matisse: Master of Line, The Holbourne Museum, Bath Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool Devenir Matisse, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis Henri Matisse: Jazz, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Expressions. Matisse and Modern Art, Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum, Naples (FL) Matisse/Picasso, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2020

Picasso & Matisse: Beauty is a Line, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede Henri Matisse’s The Swimming Pool, Museum of Modern Art, New York Henri Matisse, Museum of Modern Art, New York

2020 – 2021

Matisse, Comme Un Roman, Centre Pompidou, Paris