Matisse Cut-Out Workshop at Library

At today’s Matisse cut-out workshop in the Westport Library’s children’s library, youngsters tried their hand at making cut-outs for a series of panels in the Higgins Room. The effort was inspired by French artist Henri Matisse’s monumental cut-out “The Swimming Pool” (1952), a favorite of visitors since its acquisition by New York’s Modern Museum of Art in 1975 and now on exhibit for the first time in 20 years. In the late 1940s, Matisse, who died in 1954 at age 84, turned almost exclusively to cut paper as his primary medium, and scissors as his chief implement. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo