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