Christ Laid in the Tomb
Portrait of Lady Dacre fg
Saint Agnes drtw
The Stone Carters
Democritus
origin of impressionism
Hail Mary
photo printing
The Bath of Diana
A Young Woman Receives Gifts from Venus
The umbrella-s design
Fountainhills
Matthieu, Georg David
Still life with flowers -07-
SEGHERS, Hercules
Still-Life with Insects and Amphibians a
Kernville
Joseph being Sold to Potiphar
Le Peintre Desire Dubois
The Assumption of the Virgin -05-
Nono and Marthe in the Garden with Madam
The Martyrdom of St Erasmus sg
Barnescity
Avondaleestates
Ira Mountain, Vermont
Saint Sebastian
Savannah Pink or Sabatia Imperial Moth
Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape
Flemisb Kermis or Kermesse Flamande -01-
monet clip earring
VROOM, Hendrick Cornelisz.
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Orchard in Bloom,Louveciennes -nn02-
A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph
art book
Christ Driving the Merchants from the Te
Hampstead-A Sketch from Nature -46-
Noli me Tangere f
Scenes from the Life of the Virgin s
Theee Caper Flower,a Carnation,a Bindwee
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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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