black and white scenery
Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes
Broadviewpark
Houses of Parliament on Fire
Thatched Cottages at Cordeville,at Auver
1892 1914 abstraction mondrian path
Fisher Girls on the Beach -46-
The Lovers of Teruel
In the Tropics
Gypsy Girl f
The Council of the Royal Academy Selecti
Nilotic mosaic with hippopotamus,crocodi
Transfiguration,wtih St jerome and St Au
Paul III Appointing His Son Pier Luigi t
Loughman
The Song Peddler
The Lady Clown Chau-U-Kao
The Nubian Giraffe
Village Scene ar
The Fountain of Youth -detail- sd
Baylake
The house in Paris
Greenview
Jvari
Paper Lantern
Belshazzar-s Feast
Caryville
Paul Dougherty
Lady-s Figure
The Consequences of War -detail-
Christ and the Magdalen -17-
Self-Portrait
The Bacino di San Marco ft
Bonaguida, Pacino di
Jane Avril Dancing
Still-life with the Five Senses
Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law,fr
Baciccio
Alson Skinner Clark
Joseph Benoit Suvee
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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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