This 6-pillar curriculum teaches the basic literacy we need to be personally and financially successful and to do so in a manner in which together we evolve a culture that supports the emergence of an advanced human civilization.
Henri Matisse. Interior with Violin, 1918. Oil on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout
“Windows have always interested me because they are a passageway between the exterior and the interior.” ~ Henri Matisse
January 1, 2025 marked the day when images of Henri Matisse’s paintings moved into the public domain. This means that some of his most iconic images will end up on T-shirts and lunch boxes, but it also means that I can present to you some of his most alluring paintings on the theme of a window view. Matisse painted them for decades, as soon as he found his stride among the numerous styles that emerged at the turn of the 20th century—Symbolism, Divisionism, Syncretism, Cubism, and many other “isms”—that inspired him or, conversely, got him riled.
