Hudson Valley,Near Olana,New York
Donnelly
The Israelites Drinkintg the Miraculous
Adoration of the Virgin -08-
pant stretcher
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauv
Sleeping Woman
A California Water Garden at Redlands
abstract paint
Mad Cow
Quarrelling Musicians sg
A View of Westminster Hall,Abbey -c.from
Minerva Dressing dfh
Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton
Woman with a Parrot _o
The Watermill
Banja Luka
Melbournevillage
Southern California Hills,n.d
Assumption of the Virgin,detail with the
The Promenade to the Manor
Larkspur
Resurrected Christ with Saints
Still-life ggg
The Apotheosis of St Ignatius
Calimesa
Centreville
An Artist in his Studio
The Temptation
picture framing
Le fifre -40-
Abundantia- The Gifts of the Earth
New York
The Transport of Mary Maglalen
Portrait of the Artist Gottlieb Bindesh-
Bartolommeo Caporali
The Meeting
Constance Ossolinska Lubienska
abstract critical expressionism record
Carrabelle
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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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