Beasts of the Sea

Beasts of the Sea

Infobox Painting|

backcolor=#FBF5DF
painting_alignment=right
image_size=200px
title=Beasts of the Sea
artist=Henri Matisse
year=1950
type=Paper collage on canvas
height=295.5
width=154
height_inch=116 3/8
width_inch=60 5/8
city=Washington, DC
museum=National Gallery of Art

"Beasts of the Sea" is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1950. It is a paper collage on canvas. It is currently in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.. [ [http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=53531+0+none NGO, retrieved December 25, 2007] ] During the early to mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. "Beasts of the Sea," is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the "cutouts". [http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-matisse-EN/ENS-matisse-en.htm "Henri Matisse"] , Pompidou Centre. Retrieved 25 December 2007.]

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