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| Henri Matisse |
"During the last decade of his long life, Henri Matisse produced some 270
paper cutouts. Although they constitute independent works, many also
served as maquettes for projects as different in scale and purpose as
book illustrations or designs for liturgical vestments and stained-glass
windows. During the 1930s, Matisse had already used paper models to
help him compose his paintings. Then, after two serious operations in
1941 left him in poor health, the artist worked more and more with paper
cutouts—something he could do sitting up in bed or in an armchair. With
scissors, Matisse cut shapes from sheets of paper that his assistants
first had colored with gouache. These would be pinned into position and,
once finalized, glued onto a white or multicolored ground. After the
late 1940s, when the size of these cutouts increased so much that they
had to be executed on the wall, he would direct his assistants as to the
specific placement of the shapes and they would carry out his vision."
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