FETI, Domenico
View of Delft -detail- wt
Ipswich
Pecs
Parton, Ernest
The Raising of Lazarus
The Guard of the Whisky Trader -43-
At Hailsham,Storm Approaching
Sitia
The New Novel -44-
Mitilini
Sterling
The Resurrection of Christ
Portrait of a Young Man_b
The Last Supper -detail- aas
Portrait of a Man wtt6
Collegepark
Deweybeach
Anerican Gothic -09-
Giustiana Barbaro and her Nurse -08-
Bowling Green
Paragould
Weed
Barry, James
Serenity
Details of A Philosopher giving a Lectur
Mableton
The Martyrdom of St.Agatha
Bingham
The Flight into Egypt fg
Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan
Margarita of Savoy,Duchess of Mantua
Reader by Lamplight -09-
Cupid Carving his Bow
Hugh Lane Bequest
Titania-s Awakening
horse
Page, Marie Danforth
Arnauts Playing Chess
Crossett
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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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