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Matisse Cut-Outs
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a fighting spirit Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941 increasing frailty and the confines of a wheelchair the indomitable Frenchman never stopped in his quest to make art With what he called "une seconde vie" a second life he embarked on a remarkable collage period cutting and pasting pieces of colored paper into "gouaches decoupees" of birds plants flowers and the female formEmphasizing color and contrast the cut-out technique generated both striking lines and vivid juxtapositionsIn works such as The Fall of Icarus (1943) The Blue Nude (1952) The Snail (1953) and La Gerbe (1953) clean forms and elemental structures power a compositional force that belies the work&s decorative appeal at once tightly organized and infectious with joie de
vivre As his work progressed Matisse&s excitement with his results fueled ever-larger pieces advancing from small works to vast wall-sized murals
vivre As his work progressed Matisse&s excitement with his results fueled ever-larger pieces advancing from small works to vast wall-sized murals
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