THE LIFE & ART OF

12/31/1869 ~ 11/03/1954

EARLY BEGINNINGS THE STUDY OF SAILOR BOY

1889 MOREAU 1906
HENRI ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL
1894
BUT FELL IN LOVE WITH ART
AFTER FALLING SICK AND
PAINTING TO PASS THE TIME
DURING RECOVERY WITH A
PAINT SET THAT HIS MOTHER
HAD BOUGHT HIM.

FAUVISM WOMAN WITH A HAT

MATISSE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR 1905
FAUVISM - FRENCH FOR "THE WILD
BEASTS" FEATURED WILD BRUSH
WORK, STRIDENT COLORS AND THE
SUBJECT MATTER HAD HIGH
DEGREE OF SIMPLIFICATIONS &
ABSTRACTION

PORTRAIT OF MADAME
MATISSE
1913

SHE WEPT IN DISTRESS WHEN SHE SAW

THE LAST PORTRIT THAT HE PAINTED
OF HER. HENRI SUFFERED FROM
INSOMNIA AND PANIC ATTACKS FOR
HIS INABILITY TO EVER BE SATISFIED
WITH WHAT HE COULD DO.

DECOUPAGE
DURING THE LAST DECADE OF HIS
LIFE HENRI MATISSE DEPLOYED TWO
SIMPLE MATERIALS—WHITE PAPER
AND GOUACHE—TO CREATE WORKS
OF WIDE-RANGING COLOR AND
COMPLEXITY. HE TRANSFORMED
PAINT AND PAPER INTO A WORLD
OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, FIGURES, AND
SHAPES.

*FAMOUS QUOTES*
CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE
DON'T WAIT FOR INSPIRATION-IT COMES WHILE WORKING
EXACTITUDE IS NOT TRUTH
NOTHING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT LOVE