Framed art by Henri Matisse entitled "Sorrow of the King".

Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 to 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the arts in the opening decades of the twentieth century. During the last fifteen years of his life, Henri Matisse developed his final artistic triumph by cutting into colour. The drama, scale, and innovation of his rare and fragile papiers coupes, paper cutouts, remain without precedent or parallel. His technique involved the freehand cutting of coloured papers into beautiful shapes, which he then pinned loosely to the white studio walls, later adjusting, recutting, combining, and recombining them to his satisfaction. The result created an environment that transcended the boundaries of conventional painting, drawing, and sculpture. Later, the shapes were glued to large white paper backgrounds for shipping or display.