Matisse cut shapes out of paper freehand, arranging and rearranging the forms until he was satisfied, then glued the compositions to paper, canvas and board. “Blue Nude (I) 1952.” ...

Matisse first used paper as an aid in his composition process before marking his canvases in the 1930s. In the ‘40s he used cut-out paper shapes to illustrate a book called Jazz .

The painter Henri Matisse made his name by putting brush to canvas. ... So, with shapes cut out of painted paper, he conjured up the world on his walls -- even a swimming pool that filled a room.

This was published 11 years ago. Matisse's final works a cut above As a stunning new London show reveals, Matisse’s cut-outs weren’t just pretty shapes, writes Richard Dorment.

Matisse was completely wrapped up in his own head, in other words. But then he met Laurette, a young Italian artists’ model. ... menacing shape. Matisse at his most severe.

The shapes of the faces and bodies take on characteristics of African masks — blunt and abstracted as if boldly cut from wood. Henri Matisse's 1906 oil painting "Self‐Portrait." (Courtesy ...

Matisse’s mother was stranded behind enemy lines in his hometown, Bohain-en-Vermandois, ... as shapes reiterate other shapes and colors inflect colors. The whole thing is taut, locked in place.

Matisse’s penchant for bold color coalesces into big flat shapes like the dark blue and green on pink of the original version of “Young Sailor II” (1906).

Among Matisse's famed paper-cutout works, 'The Thousand and One Nights,' making a rare appearance in Pittsburgh, is unusual for its narrative aspect, according to curator Louise Lippincott.

Matisse also explored lithography and monotype, and the exhibit is a "reminder that black shapes, far from representing chromatic absence, can be as powerful as any color in the rainbow." Read it ...

As a Matisse show opens in Sydney, the Centre Pompidou’s Dr Aurélie Verdier says the artist was as much a risk-taker as his rival Picasso. And wore tweed well.

Revise different shapes and how they are used as part of National 5 Art and Design. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ... Icarus Plate, Henri Matisse, 1947, paper cut out and gouache, ...