The lagoon
1947
Confined to a wheelchair by illness late in life, Matisse invented a whole new way to make art that he called 'drawing with scissors.' He painted large sheets of paper with vibrant gouache, then snipped them into these floating, coral-like shapes. 'The Lagoon' is a famous plate from his 1947 artist's book *Jazz*, where these playful blue, black, and peach forms dance together like a tropical underwater dream, proving that creativity doesn't need a paintbrush to flow.
- Technique
- Gouache cut-out
- Material
- Paper