Those are the cut-paper collages gathered for “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs,” a completely dazzling show that runs through Feb. 8 at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.

In 1941, French artist Henri Matisse, ... With the help of assistants, he worked from bed, creating cut-paper collages called gouaches decoupes. He was one of the innovators of this craft.

In the last decade or so before his death in 1954, Henri Matisse was an old dog who taught himself some spectacular new tricks. Day after day he had studio assistants cover sheets of heavy paper ...

Henri Matisse’s “The Parakeet and the Mermaid” (1952), which is part of the exhibition “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” at the Tate Modern in London.

When Henri Matisse’s eyesight began to fail, he turned to cut-paper collage, producing “Jazz,” celebrating the other 20th-century art form that employed improvisation and spontaneity as a ...

Towards the end of his life, after undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer, Matisse turned to paper cut-out collages, with the birds and seaweed inspired by the fauna and flora he observed during his ...

When Henri Matisse (1869-1954) finished his breakthrough painting "The Joy of Life," he was 36. Review: 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' follows artist's paper trail - Los Angeles Times ...

The illness had ransomed his energy but not his spirit. Convalescing in 1943 after an operation for intestinal cancer, 20th century painter Henri Matisse found himself weak and wasted, fraught with… ...

Towards the end of his life, after undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer, Matisse turned to paper cut-out collages, with the birds and seaweed inspired by the fauna and flora he observed during ...

A new Henri Matisse retrospective in Switzerland offers visitors a rare chance to follow his artistic journey via works from throughout the career of one of modern art's godfathers.