Henri Matisse started making his iconic cut ... the port of Papeete, birds plunging into the sea to fish, coconuts scattered across beaches and windswept palm trees. In terms of productivity ...

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse, by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Hadley Hooper, caught me by complete surprise. While perusing the new children’s books at our ...

MoMA (Abrams, dist.), $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-87070-910-4 Joining a spate of recent picture books about Matisse that includes The Iridescence of Birds, Henri’s Scissors, and Colorful Dreamer ...

Henri Matisse made this “cut-out”, titled ... across walls and evoke such girly things as stars and hearts, fish, and birds. It was the kind of ornament favored in the kindergartens of the ...

Nothing readied me for the visual thunder, physical profundity, and oceanic joy of Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs ... as those in Fra Angelico. Chinese fish mutate into heraldic underwater beings ...

Henri Matisse came to fame for his wildly ... “What we are telling the universe is, we want the fish to be plenty, we want the birds to come back in the spring, we want the seals to provide ...

“From the moment I held the box of colours in my hands,” Henri ... that shows birds soaring through a muted sandy-brown field of colour. The work originated as a swallow that Matisse had ...