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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.
Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs was exhibited at London's Tate Modern, from April to September 2014. [86] 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).
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
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]
Frank O'Brien, a small-time thief, and his longtime girlfriend Roz have stolen a Matisse painting and are bickering in their stolen getaway car as they casually evade a string of police cars pursuing them, which can be considered a miracle. Told it is worth 100 thousand, they expect to make 10 thousand upon delivering it in two days. Hearing a ...
A rising singer named Madonna filmed her movie debut in 1983 and then became a global superstar before the 1985 release of "Vision Quest," which celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The Thirteen Chairs (French: 12 + 1; Italian: Una su 13) is a 1969 comedy film directed by Nicolas Gessner and Luciano Lucignani and starring Sharon Tate, Vittorio Gassman and Orson Welles, and featuring Vittorio De Sica, Terry-Thomas, Mylène Demongeot, Grégoire Aslan, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Lionel Jeffries.