More Matisse!

Large Decoration with Masks 1953. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Artwork c succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2014.

The Parakeet and the Mermaid 1952. Digital image c Stedelijk. Artwork: c Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2014.

More Matisse is always a good thing. The very lovely Make it in Design blog has posted an expanded version of my Matisse: the Cut-Outs exhbition review. There's more on how Matisse was inspired by Hawaiian quilts. More about the Blue Nudes, too.

Blue Nude III, spring 1952. Digital image c Centre Pompidou. c Succession Henri Matisse.