"Matisse and Picasso were notorious for "appropriating" from each other. Now I have appropriated from both of them in hopes of shedding a new light on the complementary styles of these two great masters, while producing works that are unique and not reducible to either of them, or both together.", Says LaChiusa (a.k.a. Pablo Matisse) Pablo Matisse is the nom de plume of Brooklyn artist Dane LaChiusa, dane.lachiusa at yahoo (dot) com. For futher details, go to PabloMatisse.com