Matisse's Garden

Matisse's Garden
Author: Samantha Friedman
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780870709104

One day, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) cut a small bird out of a piece of white paper. It was a simple shape, but he liked the way it looked and didn't want to throw it away, so he pinned it to the wall of his room. But the bird looked lonely all by itself, so he cut out more shapes to join it, and before he knew it, he had transformed his walls into larger-than-life gardens filled with brightly coloured plants and animals and shapes of all sizes. Featuring colourful cut-paper illustrations and Matisse's own cut-outs, Matisse's Garden is the inspiring story of how the artist's never-ending curiosity and continuous process of trying new things helped turn a small experiment into a radical new form of art. Children will see how Matisse used nothing but paper and scissors to create simple shapes like squares, leaves and birds, and experimented with scraps of leftover paper and new colour combinations to create lush gardens on his studio walls.

Henri's Scissors

Henri's Scissors
Author: Jeanette Winter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1442464852

Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter. In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and became a famous artist who created paintings that were adored around the world. But late in life a serious illness confined him to a wheelchair, and amazingly, it was from there that he created among his most beloved works—enormous and breathtaking paper cutouts. Based on the life of Henri Matisse, this moving and inspirational picture book biography includes a note from the author, dynamic quotes from Matisse himself, and an illuminating look at a little-known part of a great artist’s creative process.

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
Author: Monty Don
Publisher: Royal Academy Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781910350027

"Exhibition organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, London."

Feed Matisse's Fish

Feed Matisse's Fish
Author: Julie Appel
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781402735684

Invites young readers to touch twentieth-century paintings, including Matisse's "Goldfish," Grant Wood's "American Gothic," and Chagall's "Birthday." On board pages.

Colorful Dreamer

Colorful Dreamer
Author: Marjorie Blain Parker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-11-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101647930

An inspiring portrait of one of the world's most loved artists There was once a boy named Henri, whose dreams were full of color even though his hometown was dreary and gray. His parents expected him to learn a trade when he grew up, but being a law clerk bored him, and he continued to dream of a colorful, exciting life, and of being noticed. Then Henri started painting . . . and kept painting and dreaming and working at his craft until he'd become one of the most admired and famous artists in the world. This lyrical, visually rich picture book is more than an excellent biography; at its core, this remarkable book is an encouragement to never give up on your dreams.

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse
Author: Karl D. Buchberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Art and design
ISBN: 9781849761291

Henri Matisse is one of the leading figures of modern art. His unparalleled cut-outs are among the most significant of any artist's late works. When ill health first prevented Matisse from painting, he began to cut into painted paper with scissors as his primary technique to make maquettes for a number of commissions, from books and stained glass window designs to tapestries and ceramics. Taking the form of a 'studio diary', the catalogue re-examines the cut-outs in terms of the methods and materials that Matisse used, and looks at the tensions in the works between finish and process; and drawings and colour.

Matisse Dance with Joy

Matisse Dance with Joy
Author: Susan Goldman Rubin
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2008-04-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780811862882

Uses Henri Matisse's cutout collages to introduce contemporary art and movement.

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse
Author: Jane O'Connor
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-07-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781442003002

Presents the life and work of Henri Matisse in the form of a child's school report, where Keesia learns that over his long career, Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costumes, and cut-outs. Simultaneous.

Matisse

Matisse
Author: Laurence Anholt
Publisher: Anholt's Artists Books for Chi
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780764160479

Tells the story of the artist Matisse designing the Chapelle du Rosaire.