LONDON (AP) β A huge new Henri Matisse show in London is many things β bold, colorful, exuberant. It’s also a great advertisement for the creativity of old age.
The 130 works displayed at Tate Modern were created in the last years of the French artist’s long life, when Matisse β by then in a wheelchair β turned to scissors and paper, creating a series of ever-bigger, bolder and more ambitious cut-outs.
The vibrant works include Matisse’s famous blue nudes β lithe-limbed female forms, cut in a single movement from blue-painted sheets of paper. The biggest pieces cover whole walls with dollops of vivid color.
The artist’s great-granddaughter, Sophie Matisse, said Monday: “You can’t walk out of here without being in a good mood.”
The show opens Thursday and runs to Sept. 7.
