When Alex Matisse founded East Fork Pottery, in Asheville, N.C., he didn't want to use the name of his great-grandfather, ...

Henri Matisse once wrote ... Matisse had a special place in his heart reserved only for animals like dogs, birds, and cats.

Artful descriptions, much the way a painter might define their craft. In fact it was Henri Matisse who once said, "I don't literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me." ...