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This Coloring Book
belongs to:
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Coloring book
Henri
Matisse
Prestel
Munich · Berlin · London · New York
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Henri Matisse
was given a paintbox when he was sick and had to
spend a whole year lying in bed. That was in 1890,
when Matisse was already 21 years old and a
drawing
lawyer’s clerk. He liked
so much
that he decided he would rather become an
artist. And so he developed a completely
new modern approach to art.
Henri Matisse c. 1898
Although he was perfectly able to paint things very realistically he
tried to portray everything as simply as possible. At the end of
colored paper with scissors and
his life he cut out
stuck the shapes together.
Matisse’s handprint
In this book you will find
works by
Matisse from all periods of his
life to color, complete, cut out, and glue.
which pictures
Can you guess
he painted first?
On the last pages in this book you will find
them all listed with the year in which they were produced.
The artist’s studio in Nice
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An old Greek myth tells the story of Icarus and his father Daedalus, who made themselves wings out of
feathers and wax. How would you tell the rest of the story?
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How would you finish painting this room?
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Here Matisse has painted his family. Why don’t you draw him in the picture too? You will find a photo of him on page 4!
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What about drawing your family here?
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Where are these people dancing so wildly?
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What colors would you like to use to complete these dancers?
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Only a few snippings of paper? And yet we can make out a colored woman surrounded by brightly colored flowers!
Maybe you would like to cut out some more flowers from the colored pages in the middle of this book and stick them here?
Or what about a child? If you look carefully at the photos on page 4 you will find the woman again!
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Matisse wanted to represent things using shapes which
were as simple as possible. That is why, one day, he had the idea of using
scissors and glue. He cut patterns and shapes out of
colored paper.
scissors and glue
You can try it too. You have some
, don’t you?
You might like to add to Matisse’s cut-out patterns
which you can see in this book.
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Doesn’t the wolf look fierce! Would you like to cut out some other animals using colored paper?
Or maybe you would prefer to draw them?
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So these are supposed to be bees? It looks rather as if someone did some coloring on squared paper because they were bored...
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What are you going to draw on the squares? Or would you prefer to stick on lots of brightly colored squares instead, like Matisse did?
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Who is playing with the skipping girl?
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