Blue Nude II
ArtistHenri Matisse
Year1952
MediumGouache on paper, cut and pasted
LocationCentre Pompidou, Paris
About Blue Nude II
Made when Matisse was too ill to paint, using paper cutouts. One of a series of four Blue Nudes. He cut shapes from paper painted blue and arranged them into figures. The technique became his most influential late work. Now considered masterpieces of modern art.
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