{"product_id":"49269-matisse-cut-outs","title":"Matisse. Cut-outs. Basic Art","description":"Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a fighting spirit. Despite a cancer diagnosis in 1941, increasing frailty, and the confines of a wheelchair, the indomitable Frenchman never stopped in his quest to make art . With what he called une seconde vie , a second life, he embarked on a remarkable collage period, cutting and pasting pieces of colored paper into gouaches découpées of birds, plants, flowers, and the female form . Emphasizing color and contrast, the cut-out technique generated both striking lines and vivid juxtapositions . In works such as Icarus (1943), The Blue Nude (1952), The Snail (1953), and The Sheaf (1953), clean forms and elemental structures power a compositional force that belies the work’s decorative appeal, at once tightly organized and infectious with joie de vivre . As his work progressed, Matisse’s excitement with his results fueled ever-larger pieces, advancing from small works to vast wall-sized murals . As his final years approached, Matisse reveled in the simplicity and brilliance of these pieces, avowing, “Only what I created after the illness constitutes my real self: free, liberated…” In this essential introductory book, we revisit this joyful final chapter of Matisse’s long and prodigious career, examining how the cut-outs encapsulated the artist’s many years exploring the possibilities of composition, form, and color .","brand":"Weaving The Planet | Taschen | Alliance","offers":[{"title":"English","offer_id":53458146164949,"sku":"9783836534277","price":80000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":true},{"title":"French","offer_id":53458146197717,"sku":"9783836534222","price":80000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Italian","offer_id":53458146230485,"sku":"9783836537339","price":80000.0,"currency_code":"COP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6384\/7637\/files\/f8b100c9e4acddfcfb41ac0f890f9571.png?v=1773906953","url":"https:\/\/weavingtheplanet.com\/en\/products\/49269-matisse-cut-outs","provider":"Weaving The Planet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}