Henri Matisse [Black Boxer] 1949 Image size 21.3x161cm Original lithograph Imprinted signature included

Produced by the Mourlot Studio based on a paper cut-out for a Miró exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, under the supervision of Matisse. Limited edition of 1500 copies.

He painted bright and elegant pictures with simplified flat colors, planes, and lines. Matisse was a very French painter who aimed for his art to be a comforting interior rather than a form of expression. Born in northern France in 1869. In 1991, he studied at the Académie Julian, an art school in Paris. Initially, he painted with bold colors, earning him the title of Fauvist (wild beast) painter along with Braque and Derain. Later, he showed a tendency toward geometric patterns and the abstraction of objects, simplifying lines and flat colors. He worked in painting, printmaking, paper cutting, stained glass, and church interiors. He died in Nice in 1954. His works are housed in world-renowned museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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