Art Inspiration - Matisse

A few years ago I was in Nice, France where I spent a day at Musee Matisse de Nice. I stood in awe of that great artist's work and was particularly amazed by his cutouts. Some pieces were literally the size of entire gallery walls! Massive murals full of colours and shapes.

Flowers and Fruits, 1953

Masks, Washington Gallery

La Gerbe, 1953

What a beautiful way to design a wall !! 

Some contemporary designer's host this graphic cutout style.

Jonathan Adler's wall coverings 

RopesTrellis

and.......

Angela Adams has designed wall and floor tiles for Ann Sacks (designer collection) and has an inspiring collection of area rugs.

Tiles

manfred end   concrete floor tile

manfred deco and manfred connector tiles

http://www.annsacks.com/

Area Rugs

There are many more on her web site

My favourite, Bird of Paradise (bottom right).

 http://www.angelaadams.com/

Hopefully, you will consider some of these ideas when you next need a bit of inspiration.