Matisse: Life and Painting

-Henri Matisse was a French Post-impressionist painter. He was famous for his colorful paintings and his amazing use of color. In later life when he began to lose his sight, he started to do large collages out of painted paper. He lived a long life from 1869-1954. He was one of the most important artists of his generation, changing the way people viewed artistic expression and the nature of art. -The cut out was not an renunciation of painting and sculpture: he called it painting with scisors. Matisse said,

Project for "The Strana Forandola" 61 x 61 cm. gouache and cut out paper Private Collection 1938

The Fall of Icarus 42 x 32 cm. 1943

The Circus (Jazz) stencil 1943

The Clown (Jazz) stencil 1943

Forms, White Torso and Blue Torso (Jazz) stencil on paper 1943

Lagoon guouace on paper cut and pasted 1944

Anfitrite guouace on paper cut and pasted 85.5 x 70 cm. 1947

Polinesia, The Sky Muse des Gobelins, Paris 197 x 315 cm. 1947

Panel with Mask 110 x 53 cm. gouache and cut out paper Danske Kunst industrimuseet, Copenhagen 1947

40.5 x 86 cm. gouache and cut out paper Danske Kunst industrimuseet, Copenhagen 1947

La Perruche et la Sirene guouace on paper cut and pasted 337 x 768.5 cm. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1952

The Beasts of the Sea National Gallery of Arm Washington, D. C. 295.5 x 154 cm. gouache on paper, cut and pasted 1950

Blue Nude with Hair in the Wind 108 x 80 cm. 1952

Blue Nude paper cut out 1952

Standing Blue Nude gouache and cut out paper 115.5 x 76.3 cm. Private Collection 1952

La Gerbe 294 x 350 cm. 1953

The Creole Dancer 205 x 120 cm. Muse Matisse, Nice 1950

Japanese Mask 179.5 x 49.5 cm. gouache and cut out paper Private Collection 1950