Henri Matisse

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These are two great resources for you to look for at your library. We have enjoyed looking at Henri Matisse's artwork online and we also used the Dover Coloring Book Color Your Own Matisse.

Click here to see more of his work online. Please beware that there are nudes among his works so you will need to preview any that you want to share with your children.

Here is a short biography of Henri Matisse.

I found a great lesson plan online at the National Gallery of Art for Henri Matisse.

We are using this activity to follow up our picture study of Henri Matisse.

Link to the original
Lesson plan for Goldfish activity

Later in Matisse's life he turned to collage to express himself.
Here is a link to The Snail
Here is a link to Ivy in Flower
These would be fun to duplicate with paper and glue.

Hope you enjoy your look at Henri Matisse. I will post our projects later in the week.

Thanks for looking,
Barbara
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