Quote: Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints, not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen. Picasso Tate Online
 

About this Project

This digital project has been designed for visually impaired people and aims to explore some of the ideas, innovations and working methods of Matisse and Picasso, two of the twentieth century's most influential artists.

This project complemented the Matisse Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern in 2002, but was also intended to be a lasting resource supporting independent study and visits to Tate once the exhibition had closed. For that reason, works from the Tate Collection have been chosen where possible.

Acknowledgements

We are extremely grateful to Les Hériters Matisse and the Picasso Administration as well as the owners of works for their support of this project. We would also like to thank Simon Bolitho, Jackie Klein, Naomi Korn, Voldi Gailans, Paul Porter, Marcus Weisen and the Tate Online Department for their help in realising this project.

Programmes for visually impaired people at Tate Modern are supported by ICAP plc