the plant he used in a lot of the cut-outs. Friends would WhatsApp me all the time and say, ‘This looks like Matisse!’” We’re still feeling the cultural ripple effect from those exhibitions.

Matisse would then direct assistants where to position his paper-creations within his compositions on walls or canvases. The resulting works are known as cutouts. Spontaneous, visceral and alive ...

In retrospect, one should have seen this coming. Some of their earlier paintings, like Matisse’s portrait of Marguerite, had a paper cutout look. And Picasso’s collaborations with Braque ...

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is on at the Tate Modern from Thursday 17 April until Sunday 7 September 2014 ...

While he was working on his costume and set designs, Matisse discovered his passion for cutouts, which would resurface in the ...

“Especially since the paper cutouts, our visual culture has been steeped in his aesthetic, to the point where, today, we don’t even realise that Matisse is at the origin of that,” Barat ...

Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs is on at the Tate Modern from Thursday 17 April until Sunday 7 September 2014 Digital image:The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles/Artwork:© Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2014 ...