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Matisse Cut-Outs
Henri Matisse
Icarus (Jazz), 1947
Cut Paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Grade: 4-6 •
Age: 8-12 •
Written by: Liliane Bohbot
[Liliane is an art educator Montreal, Canada. ]
Objectives:
- To understand color and composition from an arrangement of color paper cut-outs without a definitive sketch or drawing.
What You Need:
- paper (different colors)
- glue
- scissors
What You Do:
- Introduce Matisse.
- Bring some pictures of Matisse and discuss how he worked on decoupage in his later years while he was in a wheelchair and couldn't paint anymore. Matisse explained that those cut-outs were his best work.
- Proceed with the workshop by allowing the students to cut out shapes with three different colors of paper.
- The idea is to move away from representation and allow a composition from the assortment of pieces of paper.
- Leave a little time for clean up and critique.
►More Art History Lessons
Recommended Books:
Matisse for Kids
by: Margaret Hyde
Henri Matisse (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
by: Mike Venezia
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