Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
A hat in the desert
The Birth of Venus
The Execution of Torrijos and his Compan
Inspiration of the Poet
Portrait of a Woman sg
ipping of the Golden Calf
Aix Ambassadeurs
iconography
Sawyerville
End of Village sd
Portrait of a nobleman,half-length,seate
crown jig moulding
Brawling Peasants
First Orange Still Life -35-
Earthbound
Peeters, Bonaventure II
cutting crown moulding
John Greenwood
Eastcliff Castle,Ramsgate -47-
Silvis
Demuth, Charles
King philip iv of spain
painted
Breton Port
Assumption of the Virgin sg
The Two Coaches shr
Etnagreen
Self-Portrait at the Easel
La Princesse lointaine
Moise changeant en serpent la verge d-Aa
Lawrenceburg
Interior of a Church
art van
Red buoy
Madonna of the Franciscans dg
Madonna Enthroned with the Child, St Fra
Holyday -The Picnic- -nn01-
dvd reproduction
fs2004 scenery
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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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