Henri Matisse « A vif dans la couleur »

1995

31m

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Overview

Composed in Nice, at the Hôtel Régina where the painter had been living since 1949, The Sadness of the King, a 1952 painting nearly four meters by three, is one of the last great works of Matisse. It was created using the cut-paper technique: the painter, immobilized by illness, cuts shapes from sheets of paper previously coated with gouache. He directs an assistant who pins them and moves them on the wall until the desired balance is achieved. Scissors, handled with dexterity, thus henceforth replace pencils and brushes. The pure tones used in the composition eliminate all shading and allow the painter to play solely on the relationships between colors and, above all, on contrasts: black and white (considered by Matisse as colors in their own right), red and blue, green and yellow...

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies

Palette Productions

Production Countries

France

Spoken Languages

French

Quick Facts

Release Date	January 1, 1995
Status	Released
Language	FR

Cast

Key Crew

Alain Jaubert

Director

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