Duneacres
Detail of The anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicol
Cottages at Knockholt -47-
Picknell, William Lamb
Baldwin
Mercury Appearing to Aeneas
Iowa View
Vase with Carnation and Roses and a Bott
Portrait of Pope Paul III atr
The Vision of Daniel
Lakesarasota
Guidoriccio da Fogliano Besieging Mote M
After Fride left the Red Cross Hospital,
Poplars on Bank of River Epte
A cowherd on the route du Chou,Pontoise
Femmes Dans Son Bain
Noil me tangere
N. M. Polovtsova
Mrs Grace Elliot
Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western
Red Azaleas in a Pot
Le vallon -11-
Oldmillcreek
Sir Nathaniel and Lady Caroline Curzon
Cattleya Orchid - Three Brazilian Hummin
Harrell
The Swing -08-
a wooded landscape with a hunting party
Banks of the Seine at Lavacourt
Haskell
Ornamental endpiece from a Qur-an
Prayer Book of Lorenzo de Medici uihu
Balbriggan
Madame Alphonse Daudet
Melitopol
COUWENBERGH, Christiaen van
Denmark
If Skulls Could Speak
Jan Steen
Portrait of Dector Gacher
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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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