The Sorrows of the King
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The Sorrows of the King is a collage using cut out paper shapes by Henri Matisse
from 1952. It was made from paper he had coloured with gouache
paint and is mounted on canvas. Its size is 292 x 386 cm. It is his final self-portrait.During the early to mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. The Sorrows of the King, is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the cutouts.
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...
from 1952. It was made from paper he had coloured with gouache
Gouache
Gouache[p], also spelled guache, the name of which derives from the Italian guazzo, water paint, splash or bodycolor is a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water. A binding agent, usually gum arabic, is also present, just as in watercolor...
paint and is mounted on canvas. Its size is 292 x 386 cm. It is his final self-portrait.During the early to mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. The Sorrows of the King, is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the cutouts.