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The Blue Nudes is a series of collages, and related color lithographs, by Henri Matisse, made from paper cut-outs depicting nude figures in various positions.Restricted by his physical condition after his surgery for stomach cancer, Matisse began creating art by cutting and painting sheets of paper by hand; these Matisse viewed as independent artworks in their own right.
Gouache-painted paper cut-outs stuck to paper mounted on canvas 116.2 × 88.9 cm Paris: Centre Pompidou [a] The Black Woman: La Négresse: 1952/3 gouache découpée 55.3 × 46 cm Paris: Centre Pompidou [a] The Sorrows of the King: 1952 Gouache 292 × 386 cm Paris: Centre Pompidou [a] The Snail: L'Escargot: 1953 Gouache 287 × 288 cm London
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs was exhibited at London's Tate Modern, from April to September 2014. [85] The show was the largest and most extensive of the cut-outs ever mounted, including approximately 100 paper maquettes—borrowed from international public and private collections—as well as a selection of related drawings, prints, illustrated ...
The Snail (L'escargot) is a collage by Henri Matisse. The work was created from summer 1952 to early 1953. The work was created from summer 1952 to early 1953. It is pigmented with gouache on paper, cut and pasted onto a base layer of white paper measuring 9'4 3 ⁄ 4 " × 9' 5" (287 × 288 cm).
Starting in the 1930s, Matisse began to experiment with creating art by cutting paper into shapes. By 1950, he had primarily shifted to this mode of art making, perhaps because his health and disabilities made painting on a large scale difficult. [1] These "cut-outs" were often mural-sized and made from pieces of paper painted with gouache. [2]
Henri Matisse’s Jazz is a limited-edition art book containing prints of colorful cut-paper collages, accompanied by the artist's written thoughts. It was first issued on September 30, 1947, by art publisher Tériade. The portfolio, characterized by vibrant colors, poetic texts, and circus and theater themes, marks Matisse's transition to a ...
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From 2007 to 2013 he was curator of international modern art at Tate Modern. [1] He then joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as its curator of modern and contemporary art. [1] In 2014, he co-curated an exhibition of Henri Matisse's cut-outs at Tate Modern with Sir Nicholas Serota. [4] The exhibition attracted more than ...