Henri Matisse was born on this date.

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1. His work had a huge influence on me

I can’t rave enough about his work. His treatment of the edges of the canvas with lines and shapes running off and on the edges of the canvas is spectacular. They made his compositions look larger because you can imagine shapes extending into the spaces beyond his canvas.

And that’s just one aspect of his paintings.

And when he became too invalid to stand and paint he went into his shape cutouts which just take my breath away! His works touched me on a profound level.