RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Stories that matter, from the heart of the East River.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

La Dance

Matisse La Danse Parody, Whirling, Happy Nudes and a Cat

Henri Matisse La Danse with a Cat is an edited first chapter in Famous Artists’ Cats: The Book. When Henri Matisse painted La Danse (I) in 1909, for all its fame, it was only a compositional study, He planned a…