The Vegetable Merchant
GRIMMER, Abel
The Rape of Europa
Peasant Sitting in Front of his House
Caryatid -39-
A Shepherdess and her Flock Watercolour
The Gonzaga Family Adoring the Trinity -
Scenes from Malory-s Morte d-Arthur
Still Life of wine-glasses,a decanter,a
Madonna in the Church dfh
Moses and the Brazen Serpent
COCK, Paul de
Kirovohrad
Bacchus and Ariadne
contemporary abstract painting
Albert Edward Prince of Wales -25-
Northgrosvenordale
Venus, Cupid and Mars
The State Barge Saluted by the Home Flee
The Cascades,Tivoli -05-
Past and Present No 3
Old Adobe -42-
Realistic Flowers
Onions and Bottle
Proverbs fd
Landscape in the vicinity of Louvecienne
quilting frame
non-objective
A View of King George-s Sound
Portrait of Oswalt Krel
Aubrey Beardsley
The Sketchers
Interior of a Church
Self Portrait -05-
BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo
Saturn, Conquered by Amor, Venus and Hop
ZIMMERMANN Dominikus
Maeystown
landscape quilt
Parce Alteri -37-
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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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