Mars Disarmed by Venus and the Three Gra
The Death of Chevalier Bayard -25-
Povazska Bystrica
Louis XIV and his Heirs
Lady Rocksavage
The Apparition -19-
Tasmanian Aborigines
Statham
Henry Clarence Whaite,RWS
Northeaster -44-
Rest on the Flight into Egypt -05-
Still life with quince,cabbage,Melon and
Barrow-in-Furness
Garden Path in Louveciennes
Tribute Money
BREKELENKAM, Quiringh van
Colliermanor-cresthaven
Kinmundy
art painting
Goodingsgrove
The Pile Drivers
Ham and Silverware wsfg
The Coustom s House
The White Cloud
The D-Entrecasteaux in a Tempest
Roses n-d
An October Day
Mal'aria
Bullshoals
Gillis Mostraert
Infanta Margarita -df01-
The Snake Charmer
Today and Past
Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel af
Step'anavan
St. Jerome eatr
self-Portrait -nn03-
Everglades
Too Early
Madame Bouret as Diana
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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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