Towards the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor, and lithographer, an elderly, sickly Matisse was unable to stand and use a paintbrush for a longer period of time. ###>Sur la fin de sa prodigieuse carrière de peintre, sculpteur et lithographe, âgé et malade, Matisse ne pouvait plus tenir sur ses jambes ni garder un pinceau en main très longtemps.