Biography of Henri Matisse

Moves back to the Régina.
Is asked by the Dominican nuns of Vence to design the Chapelle du Rosaire, for which he creates stained glass windows, ceramic tiles mural, furniture and liturgical garments. The chapel is consecrated on 25 June 1951.
His paper cut-outs are shown for the first time in an exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

Makes large paper cut-outs, Zulma, Les Bêtes de la mer, Les Milles et Une Nuits.

Exhibition at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice, a foundational gesture which is part of Matisse’s project to open in Nice a museum of modern art whose collection would be built around his work.

Is awarded first prize at the Venice Biennale.

Makes monumental cut-outs : Grande décoration aux masques, Fleurs et fruits, Apollon and La Gerbe. Designs a stained glass window, Nuit de Noël, for Life Magazine. Inauguration of the Matisse Museum at Le Cateau-Cambrésis.