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HENRY MATISSE of 111
papercut
French painter: draftsman, his spectacular and sometimes
printmaker,sculptor,designer drawings. Matisse
writer; teacher and principal dream
exponent of Fauvism—a and lifelong love of brilliant
movement established in
1905 in which bold color is of is an art of balance,
serenity, devoid of troubling
the most essential element,
Matisse became an artist 413/4
after studying law. His

calligraphic abstractions of
natural form grew brighter,
freer, and more energetic

as his w o r k matured.

Color and form This collage is
one of a series of Blue Nudes,
foundamong many other groups

these works as an elderly man
confined to his bed or wheelchair.
They celebrate the culmination of
pattern, fabric, and Islamic art.

Soothing influence This drawing
expresses the achievement of
Matisse's personal aim: "What I

depressing subject matter...which
might be...like an appeasing
influence,a mental soother...or
likea good armchair in which
to rest from physical fatigue."

Blue Nude 1
1952

HENRY MATISSE