Cutting Paper to Make Art

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2. Painted this picture in 1890 when he was 20 Very realistic. Tell what everything is. Still life with books and candle.
3. The Snail 1953 when he was 83. Paper cut outs.
4. still-life-with-apples-paul-cezanne Matisse studied the famous artists of his day.
5. Matisse 1896 when he was 26 looser brush strokes like cezanne. Still life with oranges.
6. Painted this picture in 1890 when he was 20 Very realistic. Tell what everything is. Still life with books and candle.
7. 1905 art show with Adre Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. Not care about realism. “ Colors sing without paying attention to rules and regulations.” - Matisse. People shocked. Looked like wild beasts had painted them. Called themselves Fauves rhymes with stove. French for wild beasts. His wife, painted like this for a few years.
8. 1905 art show with Adre Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. Not care about realism. “ Colors sing without paying attention to rules and regulations.” - Matisse. People shocked. Looked like wild beasts had painted them. Called themselves Fauves rhymes with stove. French for wild beasts. His wife, painted like this for a few years.
9. North Africa 1912 1913 changed how he painted. Colors bright and happy. Tangiers: view through a window 5 different blues in the painting.
10. 1941 operationi nearly died from cancer at 71. Felt lucky to be alive “”Every day that dawns is a gift to me” Could not stand and paint for long periods, he cut paper. Assistants pinned on walls. Looked cut more. Tried different mixtues. Finally past on paper.
11. La gerbe the sheaf 1953 Looks simple but takes a lot of work. Hands get tired doing cut outs. Matisse palyed the violin two hours a day to keep his hands is shape.
12. Matisse viewed Jazz a Chromatic and Rhythmic improvisation. The title jazz evoked for Matisse the idea of structure of rhythem and repetition boken by the unexpected actions of improvisation. 1947 wrote friend. “There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience”
13. Olda nd sick kept working daughter said worked until day he died Some of his last cutouts his greatest.
14. Icarus from Jazz Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman's genius would not suffer captivity. He made two pairs of wings by adhering feathers to a wooden frame with wax. Giving one pair to his son, he cautioned him that flying too near the sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became ecstatic with the ability to fly and forgot his father's warning. The feathers came loose and Icarus plunged to his death in the sea.
15. Tangiers: view through a window