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as the design for a stained glass window entitled Nuite de Noel (see image). This large number of monumental works, which are in such museums as the National Gallery, and the Museum of Modem Art, among others, were eventually transferred to lithographic stones under the direction of the artist.
“Draw with the scissors,” said Matisse. “The cut is the design, even of the color, the shape that color imposes on itself by its own harmony. The creative movement of the hand operates to cut into what exists rather than to draw in the imaginary.” This work is the culmination of all of the artist’s years of working with color and form. He was able to bring his vision into the refined elements of pure color and shape, with the figurative context remaining as in the exuberant Nu Bleu-La Danse (see image). In addition, the decorative Fleurs de Neige (see image), along with others in the exhibit, is as close to abstract design as the artist ever came.
, The works at R.H. Ballard represent a compendium of Matisse’s last body of work, just as exuberant, if not even more so, than all the work that came before.
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