''Beasts of the Sea'' (French: ''Les bêtes de la mer'') is a paper collage on canvas by

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

from 1950. It is currently in the collection of the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

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NGO, retrieved December 25, 2007
During the early-to-mid-1940s Matisse was in poor health. Eventually by 1950 he stopped painting in favor of his paper cutouts. ''Beasts of the Sea,'' is an example of Matisse's final body of works known as the ''cutouts''.
, Pompidou Centre. Retrieved 25 December 2007.

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1950 paintings Paintings by Henri Matisse Collections of the National Gallery of Art {{modern-art-stub