Perseus and andromeda
Virgin and Child with St Anne
Pazin
Heber
Thames
Venus at her Mirror -08-
The Nell Gwynne Public House
art glass
Study for the Martyrdom of St.Symphorian
Paul Signac
Soldiers Setting out from the Etape
Diana and her Companions
reproduction antler
ASSERETO, Gioachino
Newdouglas
Mohavevalley
Woman on the Beach of Rugen 4
Visalia
Legnica
HERRERA, Francisco de, the Elder
Pippo Spano
The Steam Packet
Philip IV,Standing -df01-
George Washington
Madonna enthroned with Child and Saints
creature tolkiens tree
Still Life with a Candlestick,a carafe,a
photograph
An Embarrassing Proposal
Jupiter and Antiope
Woman Peeling Apples
Fair Rosamund -28-
lewood
Woman on a Swing
Idyll -20-
The English Nude
Sunlight and Shadow -44-
2007 calendar monet
The Quicklime Works -09-
Ponceinlet
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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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