On the Sea Shore
Hanceville
Arthur
Centerpoint
Olive Grove-Bright Blue Sky -nn04-
The Return from the Fair
Gilroy
Kirkwall -46-
The Studio Boat
eyeglass frame
Oppelo
Arras
LA FOSSE, Charles de
Landscape
Kolasin
Lady and Gentleman in a Landscape
Spain Succoring Religion
A Scene from Russian Life
Hendrickje Bathing in a River
Warwick Castle, The East Front
Harvest Moon
Portrait of Nikolai Gogol
BUTINONE, Bernardino Jacopi
Deauville
Ophelia -41-
Madonna and Child s
St Justina with the Unicorn sg
The Presentation at the Temple
An Attack on a Galleon
Young Woman Trying on Earrings
The Monkeys
Madonna of the Franciscans
Pearl
Eucalyptus Trees,Burlingame
Arden-arcade
Portrait of Adeline Ravoux -nn04-
Scenes from the Passion of Christ -detai
Mascoutah
The Miracle of the Glass of Poisoned Win
Paxton, William McGregor
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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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