Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Fruit and Coffee Pot

Fruit and Coffee Pot:


by Henri Matisse. Left confined to chair and bed after surgery for abdominal cancer in 1941, he didn't let that stop him. As painting and sculpture became too difficult, he enlisted assistants and began working in cut paper collage. He said, "An artist must never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of a style, prisoner of a reputation, prisoner of success…" An inspiration to us all. He died on November 3, 1954, of a heart attack.  He was 84.

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20 comments:

  1. Henri Matisse was a wise man. Happy Tuesday & I raise my mug of tea to Henri today.

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  2. Inspiring that he never stopped creating. Happy T Day

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  3. Matisse has always been a favorite of mine. I like how you shared a part of his life story, too. This is a lovely painting I've not seen before. It's also a real gem for T this Tuesday, too.

    How is the "closet" coming?

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  4. I love your post so much-am very happy you shared this with us
    Happy T

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  5. ...I love still life paintings.

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  6. Matisse’s enormous paper cutouts were in a big retrospective show some years ago at the Detroit Inst. of Arts, and I just loved seeing them. It’s fascinating that he pre-considered the durability of his work, so he didn’t use colored paper, he had assistants paint archival quality paper with art-worthy paint, and then cut the prepared papers into his amazing works.

    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. Always loved Matisse, what an inspiration. Happy T Day Elle/EOTC xx

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  8. Wow, I never knew! What a strong (and talented of course) man - I never knew!

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  9. I love Matisse; he is one of my favorites. And I have seen those paper dolls he cut out and they are fabulous. As is this painting. Perfect for T. Happy November 2 and happy T day too.

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  10. A beautiful still life, so many colors!
    Happy Tea Day,
    Kate

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  11. Matisse has always been a favourite of mine, he was a brave man and a great inspirations. Happy T day, Valerie

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  12. This is beautiful.

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  13. Love Matisse, and what a beautiful painting. Happy T day!

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  14. I always enjoy seeing still-life paintings.

    Happy November Wishes.

    All the best Jan

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  15. I am familiar and like Matisse. I hadn't heard that inspirational quote before , though.
    Happy T Day.

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  16. I love Matisse and that's a wonderful painting for T-day!

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  17. I did not know that about him. Even more inspirational! :)

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  18. He was talented and inspirational! Wow. We could all learn from him for sure. Thanks for sharing this!!!!! Happy late T-day!

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  19. I saw a film on TV about Matisse's final years of making the collages. Have a good week, Chrisx

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  20. That was some interesting background information about Henri Matisse - I didn't know that. He certainly said some very wise words - what an inspiration.

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