Probably because he thought of Icarus, who lost the wings his father had made for him, and fell into the sea.
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It is actually not a painting but a paper cut-out he made in 1947.
It is a simple figure which may make us think of the Greek myth about Icarus and Daedalus.
Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh
Henri Matisse died on the 3rd of December 1954
His father was a prosperous grain merchant and his mother was an artistic woman who made hats and paints of China.
Henri Matisse called his wife Madame Matisse and the green line as she had a green line down her face off the reflection of their green wallpaper.
Without visiting any of the museums in Paris he returns to Cateau Cambresis in 1888, where he was able to get an administrative job in the court.