![]() He began to create large scale paper cut-out collages with the help of his assistants. After surgery for abdominal cancer in 1941, Matiss was left unable to walk or stand which significantly hindered his creative process. This period of Matisse’s work is characterised by the theme of the oriental odalisque. In 1917, Matisse moved to the French Riviera were his style softened, in line with the Post-War Neoclassical trend. Despite dividing opinions at the time, today most of what are considered to be Matisse’s great masterpieces were painted during his Fauvist period. At the Armory Show in Chicago in 1913, Matisse’s painting Nu bleu was burned. The Fauvist movement was controversial and was met with strong reactions. ![]() In the same year he exhibited with the Fauves at the Salon d’Automne. In 1905, he traveled to the South to work with Derain in Collioure and his work began to embrace flat shapes, controlled lines and a more fluid brushstroke. As he developed this neo-impressionist, expressive style, Matisse’s success grew and his reputation spread. Matisse was one of the leaders of the Fauvist movement alongside André Derain. Blue Nudes Series and the Fauvist Movement He was also an avid collector of other artists’ works and his personal collection included pieces by Rodin, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Cezanne. The same year as his marriage, Matisse traveled to London and Corsica and worked profusely. Matisse had a daughter with his model Caroline Joblau in 1894 and in 1898 he married Amelie Noelie Parayre with whom he raised Marguerite and their own two sons. In 1896 Matisse, an unknown student at the time, was introduced to Impressionism and the work of Van Gogh, by the Australian painter John Russell, who also taught him about color theory which had a profound effect on the development of Matisse’s style. His early works were traditional still lifes, influenced by a wide range of artists, from Manet to Chardin. Matisse studied at the Academie Julian in Paris from 1891 and was a student of Bouguereau and Moreau. Matisse described the experience of painting as “a kind of paradise” and it was then that he decided to become an artist. He began to paint in 1889 after his mother bought him art supplies to entertain him while he was recovering from appendicitis. He grew up in Picardie and in 1887 moved to Paris to study law and worked as a court administrator in Le Cateau-Cambresis. Matisse was born in Northern France and was the oldest son of a wealthy grain merchant. ![]() Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist, renowned as a draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and painter. In this article, Singulart examines the Blue Nudes and Matisse’s revolutionary cut-out technique and takes a closer look into the artist’s life. The Blue Nudes exemplify the last stage of Matisse’s life and the culmination of his life-long artistic quest. Henri Matisse’s Blue Nudes is a series of four lithographs of nude female figures made using his cut-out technique in blue painted paper. ![]()
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