Matisse, Marguerite (1894-1982) (original) (raw)

Daughter of Henri Matisse and his model Caroline Joblaud. She was raised by Matisse and his wife Am�lie and often sat as a model for her father. She married art critic Georges Duthuit.

During the Second World Was she was active in the resistance, but she was arrested by the Gestapo and tortured. She was on her way to the concentration camp in Ravensbr�ck, but she managed to escape after the train that transported her was halted during a bomb attack by the allied forces.

At the time of her death she had almost finished a monumental catalogue of her father's works.