New exhibit of Matisse’s cut-outs shows how artist began ‘painting with scissors’ 120 of Matisse's paper cut-outs -- created between 1936 and 1954 -- have been collected and will be on ...

It was the only painting he sent ... Early in 1945, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) made scissors his chief implement and paper his primary medium. This was a radical reinvention, one born of both ...

Early in 1945, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) made scissors his chief implement and ... culmination of a lifetime’s mastery of drawing, painting and sculpture. For Matisse, who likened making cutouts ...