Sophie Matisse, the great-granddaughter of Henri Matisse, stands alongside his work 'Blue Nude III 1952' at The Tate Modern in London, Monday, April 14, 2014. The artworks are part of the 'Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs' exhibition that runs at the gallery from April 17 until Sept. 7, 2014.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
April 14, 2014 - 6:51 AM
LONDON - A huge new Henri Matisse show in London is many things — bold, colorful, exuberant. It's also a great advertisement for the creativity of old age.
The 130 works displayed at Tate Modern were created in the last years of the French artist's long life, when Matisse — by then in a wheelchair — turned to scissors and paper, creating a series of ever-bigger, bolder and more ambitious cut-outs.
The vibrant works include Matisse's famous blue nudes — lithe-limbed female forms, cut in a single movement from blue-painted sheets of paper. The biggest pieces cover whole walls with dollops of vivid colour.
The artist's great-granddaughter, Sophie Matisse, said Monday: "You can't walk out of here without being in a good mood."
The show opens Thursday and runs to Sept. 7.
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