Nu bleu

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Nu bleu is a famous series of blue-hued nude cut-out artworks by Henri Matisse, emblematic of his late-career paper cut-out technique.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
paper cut-out series
artHistoricalSignificance emblematic of Matisse’s late cut-out technique
iconic example of 20th-century paper cut-outs
artMedium gouache-painted paper cut-outs
paper collage
artStyle abstract figurative
colorDominant blue
compositionFeature interlocking cut paper shapes
single figure occupying most of the sheet
countryOfOrigin France
creator Henri Matisse NERFINISHED
creatorNationality French
depicts female nude
seated nude figure
genre modern art
hasColor blue gouache
white background
hasPart Nu bleu I NERFINISHED
Nu bleu II NERFINISHED
Nu bleu III NERFINISHED
Nu bleu IV NERFINISHED
hasSeriesNumber I
II
III
IV
inception 1952
influencedBy cut-out experiments of the 1940s
languageOfTitle French
movement Fauvism NERFINISHED
modernism
notableFor innovative use of paper cut-outs in fine art
reduction of the human figure to flat color and contour
notableWorkOf Henri Matisse NERFINISHED
partOf Henri Matisse late cut-outs
period Matisse late period NERFINISHED
relatedWork Blue Nude (1907) by Henri Matisse NERFINISHED
Jazz (Matisse) NERFINISHED
The Snail (Matisse) NERFINISHED
shapeCharacteristic curvilinear silhouettes
simplified organic forms
technique cut-out
gouache on paper, cut and pasted
papier découpé
theme abstraction of the nude
color and form
the human body
translationOfTitle Blue Nude NERFINISHED

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Blue Nudes titleElement Nu bleu