Collage and Henri Matisse

Objectives:

• learn about A new Art style

• Artists who worked in this style

• how artists have modernized it and use it today

• create your own!

Let's first start with a refresher drawing!!

Draw

Can you draw an example of each?

- Organic shape

- Geometric shape

-Henri Matisse

" Cutting directly into color reminds me of a sculptor carving into stone. " 

​Collaging is simple! Probably something you've already done as a kid. So how would you DEFINE it?

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Collage

Open Ended

In your own words, type what you think COLLAGE means?

Collage can be defined as...

cut-out pieces of paper, fabric, photos arranged and stuck down onto a surface

in French, papier colle translates to cut out paper

Artists mainly used paper cut outs for collaging to begin with

later in his life, at the end of his career in the late 1940s, Matisse would use this technique to create some of his most famous works by painting paper and cutting them out and arranging them on walls- today we know this as collaging

The Cut-Outs period

without knowing, Matisse used cut-out paper and pasting as early as 1919 to design larger paintings he made. It was a way to "map out" his ideas and the space

A means to an end

Henri Matisse inventing collage

Henri Matisse, French painter, and print maker 1892-1954

​https://youtu.be/rLgSd8ka0Gs

Multiple Choice

What type of shapes did you see more in Matisse's cut-outs? Organic or geometric?

• Organic shapes

• Geometric shapes

Poll

How about the colors? How would you describe them?

• Dark, and toned down, sad or angry

• Bright, and vibrant, happy

• black and white, or nuetral

​Matisse made many cut-out works on small scale, then grew to create HUGE wall designs in 3 different studios in France.

Using Space

​He loved using mostly organic shapes as they could replicate human figures and nature. Some of his works did include some geometric like shapes as well.

Organic Shapes

He used vibrant, rich bright colors for his cut-outs; he chose the colors and painted the paper himself. At a time when his health was deteriorating, he wanted his colors to make him feel happy and alive.

Color!

​What we see in modern art museums today, we can thank Matisse for. Installation art = works of art that are pieced together and setup in the exhibition space just as the artist had it setup in their studio

​​Installation Art

​Before this, what you would see in museums were canvas paintings framed and hung on the walls. So seeing Matisse's cut-out works were fresh, startling and new for viewers

Traditional vs. modern

​Pop art, art based on popular culture items, people and places used collage to make statements about things and ideas that were popular at the time

Pop Art collaging (1950-1970)

​artists would cut out images and text from newspapers and create different imagery. Some even using one-point perspective

Magazine clippings & Newspaper

​Artists now combine all kinds of things to collage. Fabric, textiles, paint, photography and digital media

CONTEMPORARY collage (1990- present day)

​Richard, Hamilton, Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different? (1992) 

Sophie Standing, Rhino, 2014

1. Make a copy of the Google slides- DO NOT work directly from the slides, every student needs their own copy!

2. Copy/Paste different shapes and arrange them to create your own Matisse style collage following challenge rules

3. Download your final image and submit to the assignment Matisse Cut Out Challenge

​Matisse Cut-Out Challenge

create a digital art piece in the style of Matisse's cut outs