Painter-s Wife
Saki
The Miracle at the Well vd
The Still life Chess-board
Landscape with Windmill,View from Montma
Sir Edward Jhon Poynter
Melancholy
Lakelandhighlands
Modern Greece,and many a summer flower i
Recreation by our Gallery 02
John La Farge
An interior with a seated woman holding
Osman Hamdy Bey
Terrace in Cagnes
Portrait of Dante Alighieri -36-
Osbert, Alphonse
Lady Robert Manners
Madame Cezanne in the Conservatory
LE SUEUR, Eustache
The Wise Raven -08-
La Glorieta -Aranjuez- -20-
Adriadne on the Island of Naxos
Warrenton
Madonna of Red Angels tr
Stephane Mallarme
Man and Woman Sitting at the Virginal f
St Gregory the Great f
Entrance to the Golden Gate -42-
Le Kearsargee a Boulogne -40-
Scene from a Comedy
ROELAS, Juan de las
Citronelle
Templeterrace
intensive craftsmanship
Marriage of St Catherine
Landscape of Ceret
The Wife and Daughter of Colyn de Nole f
Delraybeach
beach landscape
Portrait of Ainolfo de- Bardi
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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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