Spring Der Frubling
Back View of a Bather
Little Gardener
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President Theodore Roosevelt
The Grand Canal at the Salute Church d
Tivoli -11-
Hans Suss von Kulmbach
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Naturaleza Viva
The Mission of St Stephen
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Fra Angelico,Ordination of St Lawrence -
Self Portrait
The Annunciation with Donor
Portrait of a Man in Military Costume
Walnutcreek
Christ Carrying the Cross
Fortoglethorpe
Northfortmyers
Vernonburg
CASTIGLIONE, Giovanni Benedetto
Girl with Peaches -nn02-
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The Toilette Woman Combing Her Hair
The Lamentation of Christ -08-
St.Anthony Abbot and St.Paul the Hermit
Wailuku
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Arundel Castle, with Rainbow.
Foreman
Perseus and Andromeda
Countrywoman and Children
The interior of a reformed church,with a
Moaning of the Bulls -43-
Angels Weeping Over the Dead Christ
The Appearance of Christ to the People -
Northpekin
Kasigluk
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Henri Matisse:
French Fauvist Painter and Sculptor, 1869-1954
Henri Matisse is considered the most important French artist of the 20th century and, along with Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential modernist painters of the last century. Matisse began studying drawing and painting in the 1890s. A student of the masters of Post-Impressionism, Matisse later made a reputation for himself as the leader of a group of painters known as Les Fauves. An ironic label given to them by a critic, the name reflected Matisse's aggressive strokes and bold use of primary colors. In 1905 Matisse gained sudden fame with three paintings, including Woman with the Hat, purchased by the wealthy American ex-patriot Gertrude Stein. Beyond painting, he worked with lithographs and sculpture, and during World War II he did a series of book designs. Later in his career he experimented with paper cutouts and designed decorations for the Dominican chapel in Vence, France. Along with Picasso,
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