Brig
Georges de Feure
George French Angas
oil painting lesson
The Adoration of the Trinity
La Toilette
Manzanola
Giambattista Tiepolo
Portrait of Anna Cuspinian dfg
Hercules and Omphale -08-
Abendmahl
The Deluge
Eastcamden
Broken Column,The Parthenon,Athens
El Gigante -45-
Machine Tournez vite
Nuevo
Still Life with Oranges, Lemons and Glov
The Stall-keeper sh
Honeymoon
The Israelites Drinkintg the Miraculous
Edmond Duranty-Detail-
Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de-Medi
Roses,Decorative Panel
Venus and Cupid -05-
Portrait of Madame Maria Zeffirina sg
Cyclotron-s shape
Two Nude
Douglas
The Pazzi Crucifixion -detail
The Presentation in the Temple a er
Ira Mountain, Vermont
Christian Allegory
Sun Worship in Montana
Ignazio Danti
window moulding
Norman Milkmaid
Landscape with Hills
Robert Henri
Point Lobos Carmel
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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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