Dunedin
Cornelis de Heem
Indianheadpark
The Pink Candle
Portrait of a Doctor dfh
Tolleson
Glenellen
Vue d-Overshie
Delaware Art Museum
Roman Capriccio
Mary Visits Elizabeth
Strenci
Helen Allingham,R,W.S
Fafe
Bears gathering honey surrounded by swar
Jupiterinletcolony
Hide and Seek
abstract archived from
Kohtla Jarve
LIPPI, Filippino
Berghe, Christoffel van den
Pierre II, Duke of Bourbon, Presented by
Newkingman-butler
The Departure -13-
The Vere Foster Family
The Madonna with the Long Neck
Fountainhills
Madonna Enthroned with SS.John the Bapti
Violet Rose
Charles Ricketts
The Woodcutter-s Daughter
Jefferson City
Prairiecreek
abstract light
Wailuahomesteads
monet ticket
Mme Severine
Frederic Remington Art Museum
Noma
Hagar and the Angel
|
|
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,
|
