Portrait of Petrus Ricardus zg
Arden
Dante Allighieri
Vicious Circle
Red and Blue Horse -34-
In the Entrance
View of the Parliament Buildings from th
Fountain of Neptune
A Woman Asleep at Tablec
The Retable of Le Cellier
Portrait of George Clifford,Earl of Cumb
Knox
Full-length Portrait of the Countess of
Bonaparte as First Consul
William Bell Scott
Tok
Bernardo Strozzi, Joueuse de viole de ga
Cornfield by Moonlight,with the Evening
Vase with Myosotis and Peonies
Cheyenne
Turkish Cafe II
Portrait of a young woman seted, -330
Tea in the Garden at the Chateau de Rozi
The Panciatichi Holy Family -detail- f
Portrait of Elizaveta Martynova
Detail from The Dream
Arkhip Kuinji
Saint Casilda
art body
Giovanni Arnolfini -45-
Traskwood
The Pedicure
A Girl in the Street,Two Coaches in the
Falun
A Lady and Two Gentlemen -detail- ewt
The Piano Lesson
James Monroe
Bank of the Oise at Auvers -nn04-
Edward Henry Potthast Prints
Study of Four Figures for Repose
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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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