Matisse Plaster torso and bouquet of flowers - 1919

Louisiana poster with the work, Plaster Torso and Bouquet of Flowers, (1919), by the French artist, Henri Matisse (1869-1954). The poster is one of three posters printed in connection with Louisiana's exhibition with Matisse in 1985. All three posters are now part of the museum's special selection of Louisiana poster classics.

In the work, Plaster Torso and Bouquet of Flowers, Matisse has combined his work with the painting in a still life with a torso sculpture on the table.

Henri Matisse is famous for his use of both color and form in painting. In 1890 - after a long stay in hospital - he seriously tried his hand at painting and subsequently moved to Paris.

Here, Impressionism influenced him for a period, but in 1905 he led a number of younger French artists and developed the art movement Fauvism, which is characterized by strong, pure colors.

Although Henri Matisse is best known to many for his paintings, he also worked with sculpture, graphic prints and, in the last four years of his life, with paper cutouts and collages.

Matisse is one of the most influential artists of the 1900s and is today considered one of the defining artists of modern art.