The circus by Henri Matisse Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) confident brushwork and the way

confident brushwork and the way colour is layered to suggest light rather than simply depict it

and decorative lettering

There is no concession to representation

The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road is part of Hokusai's A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (c

The circus by Henri Matisse Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) confident brushwork and the way'The Circus' is among the most joyful plates from Matisse's landmark 1947 artist's book 'Jazz' a series created by cutting and arranging painted paper with a freedom he described as 'drawing with scissors'. Against a stark white ground, vivid figures tumble and soar in flat silhouette, their energy contained by the composition's rhythmic structure. The work captures the atmosphere of the big top with the same directness Matisse brought to everything: