![]() Restricted by his physical condition after his surgery for stomach cancer, Matisse began creating art by cutting and painting sheets of paper by hand and supervised the creation of the lithographs until his death in 1954. In fact, he had the bed put in the middle of his studio, which was full of young women, models and caretakers running around. The Blue Nudes is a series of color lithographs by Henri Matisse made from cut-outs depicting nude figures in various positions. RT marieartcollec1: Henri Matisse, Blue Nude IV, museum poster, French painter, cut-out papers, collages BlazedRTs Retweelgend smert SympathyRTs OnlyGreatsPics. ![]() In poor health, he was always in bed or in a wheelchair. 1916 Not on view Between December 1916 and the close of 1917, Matisse painted at least twenty-five pictures of an Italian model named Laurette. And like this one, he had one weakness above all others: women. With success, Matisse sold paintings like hotcakes, just like his colleague/rival Picasso. ![]() One of her arms is at the top of her head. This is an original 1969 color lithograph of a paper cutout painted by Henri Matisse in 1952 and titled Blue Nude. These contrasting colours, as well as the influence of African sculpture and other primitive cultures, would be the common denominator of this period for the painter, but towards the 1920s, the artist became a little more serene and began to tend towards sensuality, ornamentation and tradition. Blue Nude is a portrait of a woman lying down on what seems to be a dark grassys surface with one leg over the other. Henri Matisse Title Girl in Yellow and Blue with Guitar Date 1939 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 63.5 × 49.5 cm (25 × 19 1/2 in. Not on display Original title: Acadmie bleue Medium: Oil paint on canvas Dimensions: Support: 730 × 543 mm frame: 950 × 760 × 110 mm Collection: Tate. Matisse seemed to confront all the paternal figures that stood in his way. ![]() They exhibited together at the now mythical Salon d'Automne in 1905, where the critic Louis Vauxcelles called them fauves, a name they proudly adopted. Once infected with art, Matisse trained with painters such as Bouguereau and Moreau, but when he met young people who painted without following any rules (Derain, Vlaminck.), he entered a new and unknown pictorial language, based on the free use of colour, expressive vigour and the refusal to be a mere imitation of nature. ![]()
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