The wild beasts of color
North African light and patterns
The battle with Picasso
Painting with scissors
diego Matisse called his paper cut-outs 'drawing with scissors' and 'carving directly into color.'
What health crisis in 1941 forced Henri Matisse to rely on a wheelchair and adapt his style?
For which sacred building in Vence, France, did Henri Matisse design stained-glass windows and vestments?
What physical tool did Henri Matisse use to create his famous late-career 'cut-outs'?
diego Drag and arrange colorful paper shapes to discover how Matisse painted with scissors.
diego Unable to visit the sea, Matisse brought the ocean directly onto his dining room walls.
Which medium did Henri Matisse's assistants paint onto sheets of paper before he cut them?
diego Matisse Cut-Outs
When his health made painting tough to do, Matisse cut vibrant art, bold and new!
Which color did Henri Matisse use for the organic, human-like shapes in his 1952 cut-out series?
Matisse's giant scissors: To cut paper from his wheelchair, Matisse used heavy, custom-made tailor scissors that were nearly 30 centimeters long.
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.