Henri Matisse was a French painter and leader of the Fauvist movement about 1900 who pursued the expressiveness of color throughout his career. Matisse was known for such paintings as The Red Studio but also for the supple contours and linear economy of his prints and drawings and for his later cutouts.
The exhibition Matisse. 1941-1954 sheds light on the final years of Henri Matisse's career, between 1941 and 1954, through more than 300 works - paintings, drawings, cut-out gouaches, illustrated books, textiles and stained glass - from the Centre Pompidou collection and major international loans. It reveals the multidisciplinary scope of his practice during this period, while bringing ...
MSN: Matisse's last years cut out -- but not pasted -- at Paris expo
Matisse's last years cut out -- but not pasted -- at Paris expo
The Local: Matisse's last years cut out - but not pasted - at Paris expo
Matisse's last years cut out - but not pasted - at Paris expo
In the late 1940s, Henri Matisse turned increasingly to cut paper as his primary medium and scissors as his chief implement, introducing a radically new operation that came to be called a cut-out. A ...
The Star: Matisse's last years cut out - but not pasted - at Paris exhibition
Matisse's last years cut out - but not pasted - at Paris exhibition
The remarkable career of Henri Matisse, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, whose stylistic innovations (along with those of Pablo Picasso) fundamentally altered the course of modern art and affected the art of several generations of younger painters, spanned almost six and a half decades. His vast oeuvre encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic arts (as ...