Matisse, Blue Nude, 1952 via Moma Henri Matisse Matisse, The Fall of Icarus, 1943 Matisse Matisse, Swimming Pool, Hotel Regina, Nice Matisse exhibit at the Tate Matisse Matisse Matisse, Black and Violet Arabesques on Orange Background, c. 1951 via A Long Time Alone Matisse Matisse, Hotel Regina, Nice via Moma Matisse Matisse Matisse Matisse, Japanese Mask  At age 82, often bedridden and in ill health, the French Modernist painter, Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954), created his series of cut outs, using a pair of scissors and white paper painted with gouache-- now on exhibit at MOMA--