henri matisse

HENRI MATISSE

Fauve Painter of France

1869-1954

FAUVE PAINTER

GIFT OF ART

When Henri was 22 he became ill with appendicitis – that left him bedridden for a year.

His mother gave him a set of oil paints….Henri was hooked.

“when I first started to paint , I felt transported into a kind of paradise…In everyday life I was usually bored by what people were always telling me what to do. Starting to paint I felt gloriously free, quiet and alone.”

50 YEAR CAREER

DRAWING WITH SCISSORS

In 1941, at the age of 72 Henri became ill again. He could not stand for long, and he could barely hold a brush…

Did he quit or give up?

He began creating “cut-outs”

Cut paper on canvas…..

CAN YOU TELL WHAT THIS IS?

A SNAIL

HENRI IN BED

ICARUS. 1947

BEASTS OF THE SEA

Paper cutout. 9 ½ feet x 5 feet

SHAPES

ORGANIC: or freeform, moreflowing, found in nature

GEOMETRIC: shapes with names such as oval, circle, square, triangle, etc.

PATTERN - LAYER

PATTERN – a pattern is created when something is repeated

LAYER – to place different mediums on top of each other

TODAY’S PROJECT

Black paper for back drop

Choose three (3) papers for geometric shapes

Choose two (2) papers for organic shapes

Use pattern to lay out geometric shapes. Glue in place.

Layer organic shapes on top. Glue in place.