"It is hard to believe today that Matisse was once almost universally reviled and ridiculed. His response was neither to protest nor to retreat; he simply pushed on from one innovation to the next, and left the world to draw its own conclusions. Unfortunately, these were generally false and often damaging. Throughout his life and afterward people fantasized about his models and circulated baseless fabrications about his private life. Fifty years after...

If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper.

Simple text and bright illustrations describe the work of French painter, Henri Matisse, particularly his joyful use of color.

Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Henri Matisse, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.

Presents the life and work of the turn-of-the-twentieth-century French artist Henri Matisse, imagining his art-inspired childhood and growth into becoming one of the most admired artists in the world.

Join Puffer the puffin as he flies into the south of France in the mid-twentieth century to explore the life and artwork of artist Henry Matisse. Combining animation with actual art images the Matisse masterworks are shown and explored.

An introduction to the cut-outs of Henri Matisse, who concentrated on this technique of artistic expression in his final years. Instructions are included for several of Matisse's artistic techniques.

"When Henri Matisse was a boy, he drew pictures everywhere. And when he grew up, he became a famous artist whose paintings were beloved around the world. Then late in life, a serious illness confined Henri to just his bed and a wheelchair. But amazingly, from there he created some of his finest works, the enormous and breathtaking paper cut-outs."--Jacket.