Matisse created cutouts late in his life when he was ill and confined to his bed. He would cut colorful paper shapes and overlap them to create compositions, which he called "drawing with scissors." For a chapel in France, Matisse designed stained glass windows, tile murals, and vestments using small paper models. His cutout works often featured organic shapes in bright colors layered to form scenes from nature or stories.

1. Cutouts by matisse

6. Working with Maquettes

7. Designing becomes reality

9. 1949. Tree of Life, Nave. Vence Chapel, Nice.

10. From “Jazz,” the Circus series 1944. The Codomas (Trapeze).

11. 1949. Knifethrower .

12. 1949. Wolf .

13. Designing Stories 1943. Icarus . (Cover for Jazz )

14. 1950. 1000 and One Nights .

15. Designing a natural Environment 1946. Oceania, the Sea .

16. 1946. Oceania, the Sky .

17. 1949. Ivy in Flower .

18. 1952. The Swimming Pool .