The Merry-Go-Round -nn03-
Mars
The Mayor of Brasso
The Good Samaritan -nn04-
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Buckwheat Harvesters at Pont-Aven
Varena
The Martyrdom of St. philip
A Meet Outside The Swan inn
Augustus and the Tiburtine Sybil -05-
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Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
JACOBSZ, Dirck
Pont Boieldieu in Rouen,damp weather
Dunkerque
Musical Company
The Angel stopping Abraham from sacrific
COCK, Paul de
Henry VIII and the Barber Surgeons sf
Madeline of Burgundy
CATENA, Vincenzo
Mal-aria
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Vicious Circle -19-
Mary Magdalene -08-
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Bernheim de Villers
BIONDO, Giovanni del
Land of Promise
Gay
autumn scenery
William Wendt
Melbournevillage
George Hendrik Breitner
Dancers Practicing at the Barre
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Loxley
Reclining female Nude seen from behind
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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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