Framed Dimensions: 20.75" L x 14.25" H x 3.25" Depth

Great artists learn from others. Thanks to his Mother, Henri Matisse gave up a career in Law to become the famed French Visual Artist appreciated today. Matisse used bright, aggressive colors as the leader of the Fauvism movement and he stood up for greatness. He even supported fellow artists, going into debt to buy some of their works. Matisse can actually be seen on the lower middle section, sitting in front of one of his works. This book issued in 1951 by the Museum of Modern Art contains an original lithograph by Matisse and the signature of Alfred H. Barr, the first director of the MoMA in New York City. Bright colors weave in and out of the new artwork, but the real magic happens when this piece comes alive in the NFT. Matisse’s trademark cutouts circle the figure on the left, moving in and out of the book to form a background alive with color. During the last few years of his life, Matisse was bed ridden, turning to scissors and paper to create collages using these unique paper cutouts. These works directly inspired my vision of the Signature Series and overall artistic journey, proving that anything can be art, no matter what the critics say.

This artwork is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Marco Santini.

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