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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.