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Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
Although in his eighties and no longer physically able to paint, sculpt or make prints, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was still driven to create art. In the last years of his life, he took to ‘drawing with scissors’ - cutting shapes out of paper, vibrantly pre-painted with gouache by assistants, then assembling them into abstract or figurative shapes under his direction. Such was the brilliance of the colours, Matisse’s doctor advised him to wear dark glasses.
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Matisse: Drawing with Scissors fe
Free entry, donations welcome
Willis Museum, Market Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7QD
Fri 4 Jun to Sat 17 Jul 2021
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