Matisse use of vibrant colour and dramatic layout, combine expertly
to announce an artist's exhibition in Bourges in May of 1953, wonderfully
titled "Les Peintres Temoins de leur Temps" (Painters as
witnesses of their time)
"The abstracted simplicity of form and the flat areas of colour
pattern which Matisse created with collages of paper during the period
at the beginning of the 1950's mark one of the most inspired moments
in his career as an artist. Rhythms of colour used in a manner which
went far beyond the merely visual had been a vital element of his
art from some 25 years earlier. However it was in the period of the
'cut-paper' compositions that he was able to see a way of taking them
even further into the area of an independent non-descriptive, effectively
abstract, role...All the prints from this 'cut-paper' period were
created by Matisse making a 'maquette', which was then transferred
to lithographic stones at the studio of Mourlot." (Weston)
During the 1950s the renowned French printer, Mourlot Freres,
printed most of the "original" posters of the most important
artists of the day. In 1959 they printed the series "Affiches
Originales" for collectors. They are reduced lithographic versions
of the "original" posters created by the contemporary
masters, Picasso, Chagall,
Braque, Matisse, Miro, Leger,
and Dufy.
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