Henri MatissePainting with scissors

Henri Matisse Some key facts

BornHenri-Émile-Benoît Matisse(1869-12-31)31 December 1869Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord

Died3 November 1954(1954-11-03) (aged 84)Nice, Alpes-Maritimes

Nationality French

EducationAcadémie Julian, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau

Known for Painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing, collage

Notable work Woman with a Hat, 1905, Nu bleu, 1907, La Danse, 1909

Movement Fauvism, modernism, impressionism

Patron(s)Gertrude Stein, Etta Cone, Claribel Cone, Michael and Sarah Stein, Albert C. Barnes

Henri Matisse, 1913, by Alvin Langdon Coburn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5somtBX1gC8

A Cut Above

Watch this You Tube video about Henry Matisses’s paper cuts

Make a copy of the following Paper Cut by Matisse.

Use white paper and colored pencils or markers

The Horse, the Rider and the Clown, 1943-4, maquette for plate V of Jazz, 1947. Pompidou, Paris

EvaluationWrite the answers to these questions in your sketchbook

• What do you think about Henry Matisse’s work?

• What techniques did he use?

• What made him choose to develop this unique style of work?

• What was the most difficult part of making your copy of the Horse the rider and the clown?

• How did you overcome this?

• How could you create a unique paper cut design with a Holiday/ Christmas theme?