Matisse originally went to school to study...

Matisses' father was excited that he wanted to be an artist.

In 1891, Matisse went to ______ to study art full time.

Matisse discovered the art of Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaughan, and Vincent VanGogh. He Found their bold and bright colors to be inspiring.

This Matisse painting is called...

After Matisse's brightly colored paintings were displayed in an art gallery, a critic called him, "les fauves" (wild beasts). This nickname was meant to be a compliment.

Over time, Matisse's painting style changed. In 1906, he created this painting, Open Window. His brushstrokes became more choppy like those of VanGogh.

Later on in Matisse's art career, he was confined to a wheelchair after battling cancer and painting became difficult so he started to create...

From his bed, Matisse would mix a paint color and direct his assistants to apply it to a large piece of...

Matisse called his paper cut-out process...

In some cases, Matisse's cut-outs took over an entire room like this one called...

Matisse worked on his cut-outs right up until his death. He inspired a generation of fashion designers and other artists to embrace his bold colors and simple shapes.

This artwork was made in 1953 and shows Matisse's interest in bright colours. He arranged complementary colours alongside each other to create a vibrant effect. For example, you'll see that by putting green next to red, and blue next to orange the colours seem to buzz and really attract your attention. This Matisse cut-out is called....

The Sorrows of the King is a collage using cut out paper shapes by Henri Matisse in 1952. This is an image of...

Which of these artworks is the best example of Fauvism?