Matisse. A sort of paradise - ACE019.4

Woman in Blue (1937), Still Life with Pomegranates (1947), etc. "I express the space and the things that are there as naturally as if I had before me only the sun and the sky…" Red Interior. Still Life on a Blue Table (1947). The remainder of the images are gouaches découpées. The Flowing Hair / La chevelure (1952). "Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and is capable of doing…" Nu bleu / Blue Nude III (1952). The Swimming Pool, Nice-Cimiez, Hotel Regina, Late Summer 1952 (1952). "Everything is new, everything is fresh, as if the world had just been born…" La Negresse (1953). Apollo / Apollon (1952). La Negresse. "Everything seems to indicate that I am about to start working on large compositions…". Memory of Oceania / Souvenir d’Océanie (1953). The Snail / L’Escargot (1953). Signature of "H. Matisse 53". Credits.