The Sorrows of the King

The Sorrows of the King

Artist	Henri Matisse
Year	1952
Type	Gouache on paper on canvas
Dimensions	292 cm × 386 cm (115 in × 152 in)
Location	Pompidou Centre, Paris

The Sorrows of the King is a collage using cut out paper shapes by Henri Matisse from 1952. It was made from paper he had coloured with gouache paint and is mounted on canvas. Its size is 292 x 386 cm. It is his final self-portrait.^[1] During the early-to-mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. The Sorrows of the King, is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the cutouts.

Notes and references

Henri Matisse (List of works)
Works	Le Mur Rose (Landscape, the Pink Wall) (1898) Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi (A Glimpse of Notre-Dame in the Late Afternoon) (1902) Luxe, Calme et Volupté (Luxury, Calm and Pleasure) (1904) La Raie Verte (The Green Line) (1905) The Open Window (1905) Woman with a Hat (1905) Les toits de Collioure (1905) Landscape at Collioure (1905) Le bonheur de vivre (1906) The Young Sailor II (1906) Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906) Madras Rouge (1907) Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) (1907) The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) (1908) Game of Bowls (1908) Bathers with a Turtle (1908) Dance (1910) Music (1910) Still Life with Geraniums (1910) L'Atelier Rouge (1911) The Conversation (1908–1912) Zorah on the Terrace (1912) Window at Tangier (1912) Le Rifain assis (1912) View of Notre-Dame (1914) Woman on a High Stool (1914) Le rideau jaune (The Yellow Curtain) (1915) The Window (1916) The Painter and His Model (1917) Interior A Nice (1920) Odalisque with Raised Arms (1923) Yellow Odalisque (1926) The Back Series (1909-1930) The Dance II (mural) (1932) Robe violette et Anémones (1937) Woman in a Purple Coat (1937) La Blouse Roumaine (1940) Annelies, White Tulips and Anemones (1944) L'Asie (1946) Le Lanceur De Couteaux (1947) Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge (1947) The Plum Blossoms (1948) Beasts of the Sea (1950) The Sorrows of the King (1952) Black Leaf on Green Background (1952) La Négresse (1952) Blue Nude II (1952) The Snail (1953) Le Bateau (1953) Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary) Jazz (book)
Shows	Salon d'Automne
Movement	Fauvism
Teachers	William-Adolphe Bouguereau Gustave Moreau John Peter Russell
Collectors	Sergei Shchukin Gertrude Stein Leo Stein Sarah Stein Albert C. Barnes Cone sisters
Family and friends	Amélie Matisse Pierre Matisse Paul Matisse Marguerite Matisse Pablo Picasso
Related	An Essay on Matisse Matisse Museum (Le Cateau) Musée Matisse (Nice)
Wikimedia	Matisse at Wiktionary Matisse at Wikibooks Matisse at Wikiquote Matisse at Wikisource Matisse at Commons Matisse at Wikinews
Models	Greta Moll Henriette Darricarrère Lydia Delectorskaya