Abbey, Edwin Austin
Imaginary View of Venice dfgd
Domine,quo vadis
Self-portrait at the Easel -04-
Under the Birches
La Prune
The History of David -05-
Dejeuner sur l-herbe-study- -nn02-
federal standard abstract
Arnauts Playing Chess
Still life of apples and herring in bowl
Bubbles
Fishermen at Sea -The Cholmeley Sea Piec
The Tease
Portrait of Achille Lerminiaux
Dallas
Vase with Asters ,Salvia and Other Flowe
Basket of Flowers sf
Dutch Yacht Firing a Salvo
St Peter Preaching
L-Angelus
The Donne Triptych
The Grosvenor Hunt
The Scene Painter, Troels Lund
Vestfold
The Marriage at Cana r
Peasant Woman with Child on Her Lap-nn04
Diogenes
The Fair at Bezons -detail- ag
Blueeye
On the Rocks at Fiskebackskil -nn02
The Virgin and Child in a Church
Venus and Adonis
Ludowici
kitchen cabinet moulding
Nude Woman Combing her Hair
St.Michael Victorious,known as the Great
Amusing Party in the Open Air -detail- g
Self Portrait as a Young Man
The Vision of St Eustace -08-
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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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