Henri Matisse, "Nu bleu II", 1952. Service de la documentation photographique du MNAM - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI
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03/24/2026 - 07/26/2026

Grand Palais 
Avenue Winston Churchill 
 
75008 Paris


 
In the bright light of his final years, Matisse invented a new language: that of cut-out forms and pure color. More than 230 paintings, drawings, books and cut-out gouaches retrace, between 1941 and 1954, the journey of a free artist in perpetual motion.

The exhibition Matisse. 1941-1954 sheds light on the final years of Henri Matisse's career, between 1941 and 1954, through more than 230 works - paintings, drawings, cut-out gouaches, illustrated books, textiles and stained glass - from the Centre Pompidou collection and major international loans. It reveals the multidisciplinary scope of his practice during this period, while bringing together an exceptional group of cut-out gouaches.

Coproduction between Centre Pompidou and GrandPalaisRmn