Which Vence building did Henri Matisse design?
Chapter 1

The wild beasts of color

Chapter 2

North African light and patterns

Chapter 3

The battle with Picasso

Chapter 4

Painting with scissors

YOUR GOAL

Master of The paintings of Henri Matisse

Ch 4 · Painting with scissors
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diego Matisse Cut-Outs

When his health made painting tough to do, Matisse cut vibrant art, bold and new!

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diego The giant paper swimming pool

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The giant paper swimming pool

diego Unable to visit the sea, Matisse brought the ocean directly onto his dining room walls.

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Carving directly into pure color

diego Matisse called his paper cut-outs 'drawing with scissors' and 'carving directly into color.'

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Matisse's Magic Scissors
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diego Drag and arrange colorful paper shapes to discover how Matisse painted with scissors.

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Fun Fact

Matisse's giant scissors: To cut paper from his wheelchair, Matisse used heavy, custom-made tailor scissors that were nearly 30 centimeters long.

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Glossary
cutout (noun)
A shape or design that has been cut out from a larger piece of material. Henri Matisse created hundreds of these colorful paper compositions while confined to a wheelchair in Nice.

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Gossip

Which cut-out shape would you hang up?

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Quiz

Which medium did Henri Matisse's assistants paint onto sheets of paper before he cut them?

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diego The chapel of light and glass

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Quiz

What physical tool did Henri Matisse use to create his famous late-career 'cut-outs'?

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Quiz

What giant paper cut-out did Henri Matisse create for his dining room walls in 1952?

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Quiz

In which decades did Henri Matisse produce his famous paper cut-outs?

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Quiz

For which sacred building in Vence, France, did Henri Matisse design stained-glass windows and vestments?

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Quiz

Which color did Henri Matisse use for the organic, human-like shapes in his 1952 cut-out series?

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Quiz

What did Henri Matisse call his technique of cutting shapes from colored paper?

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Quiz

What health crisis in 1941 forced Henri Matisse to rely on a wheelchair and adapt his style?

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