“When it comes to color, colors chief purpose should be in service of expression not mimicking reality.” Henri Matisse
In the late 1940’s, Henri Matisse turned almost exclusively to cut paper as his primary medium, and scissors as his chief implement, introducing a radically new operation that came to be called a cut-out.
I am so excited to create my cutout series and am inspired by these techniques.
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Matisse grew up in a textile-manufacturing hub in the North of France, near Belgium – a centre of the silk-weaving industry. Fabrics and fabric catalogues displayed in shop windows were a familiar sight. And of course, opulent textiles and tile patterns are big players in Matisse’s Algerian paintings. Matisse, the master of pattern and color, was inspired by textiles throughout his long career with a strong influence in the “Hawaiian quilt.”
Matisse’s art was always big on line and colour – but in the cut-outs these are distilled to their pure essence. The shapes and colours dance and interplay.
Henri Matisse (1869- 1964). Photographer: Lydia Delectorskya. © Succession Henri Matisse.
