num_pages: 32
description: Keesia and Henri Matisse have the same birthday—New Year’s Eve! That’s why she picks him for her artist report. She finds out that over his long career Matisse made paintings, sculpture, books, costumes, and her favorite—his cut-outs, or what Matisse called “drawing with scissors.” The report is filled with about 20 of Matisse’s masterpieces as well as artwork that Keesia has created in his “style” (cut-out leaves, drawings through windows, fauvist animals). As she follows Matisse through his life she discovers why he is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
titlecomplete: Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors
characters: Henri Matisse
genres: 2nd Grade, History, Picture Books, Childrens, 1st Grade, Biography Memoir, Biography, School, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 171
series: Smart About Art
publisher: Grosset & Dunlap