Henri Matisse was born in northern France and gave up law to study painting in Paris. He led the Fauves, whose wild, bright colour shocked the public in 1905, and became with Picasso one of the two giants of modern art. He lived for many years in Nice, painting interiors, odalisques and windows. In his last years, too ill to paint, he made large cut-outs from painted paper and designed the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence.
© Alvin Langdon CoburnPublic Domain Mark Henri Matisse
Painter, sculptor and maker of cut-outs; Fauvism
- Born
- 31 December 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
- Died
- 3 November 1954, Nice, France
Where to see their work
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Matisse: Drawing with Scissors, Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees
Closes Thursday 15 October
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Tête à Tête: Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Le Corbusier, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, David Simon Contemporary, Castle Cary
Closes Saturday 17 October
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Rhyme & Reason, The Higgins Bedford, Bedford
Until 9 May 2027
Further reading: Wikipedia