A Mill on the Wye,Derbyshire -37-
street venice
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
George M Bruestle
Portrait of a Boy - One of the Artist-s
A Young Man
Portrait of a Little Gril with a Book
Albert Edward Prince of Wales -25
Girl with a Hoop
Interior of the Church of St Odulphus, A
Landscape with Ruins and Archway
the art of war
John the Baptist and St Agnes
Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges -nn0
Portrait of Cardinal Carlos de Borja
Holy Family and Donor
Wooded landscape at L-Hermitage,Pontoise
Vladimir and Rogneda
The Duo
female nude
Thessaloniki
Sebring
The Martyrdom of St.Sebastian
Aubrey Beardsley
Ramon Bayeu
The Woman with the Unicorn
The Children of John Angerstein John Jul
Herrin
The Pilgrims at Emmaus -05-
Romulas, Conqueror of Acron
Les Pelerins d-Emmaus -df02-
Richard Wagner,January
The polish rider
Francis Iand the Duchess of Etampes -05-
Castroville
van gogh and gauguin the studio of the s
Christ Among the Doctors
Sortrondelag
Soldier
Marchands de fourrures descendant le Mis
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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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