Y4 - What do we know about Henri Matisse?

Henri Matisse had different jobs before he became an artists. One of these jobs was a lawyer.

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

Henri Matisse had appendicitis, which made him very ill and he stopped painting.

• I don't know

• No

• Yes

What was the main inspiration for Matisse's paper cut-outs?

• Organic shapes in nature

• music

• animals

• food

When Matisse was sick in bed he used a long stick and chalk to do what?

• play the piano

• turn the radio on

• draw pictures on the ceiling

What elements of art feature strongly in Matisse's and your paper cut-out artworks?

• shape and colour

• value and texture

• line and value

• texture and line

Henri Matisse was a French artist.

• No

• I don't know

• Yes