Landscape with Windmill,Figures and Catt
Portrait of John Chambers dg
Anchorage
Portrait of a Young Man
Fauvism
Portrait of Josette
Portrait of the Poet Alexander Pushkin
The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede af
The Magician gfh
Study of Tower
Jacksons'gap
Self-Portrait with Model -nn02-
Impression -nn02-
Pendentives depicting Saint Thomas,Saint
Giovanni dal ponte
Portrait of a Musician
Texel
Expectations
The Birth of St.Francis and Homage of th
Giambattista Tiepolo
Dancer in a Pink Dress
Self Portrait_10
The Birth of Venus -detail- ff
St.Catherine of Alexandria
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt_1
Bayminette
Maurin, Charles
National Postal Museum
Charity -nn03-
The Spotted Horse af
The Complain of the Watch dfh
CAMPI, Giulio
Paul Berthon
The Sea at L Estaque
Read-headed Youth Holding a Drawing
Boulevard Montmartre,morning cloudy weat
The Empress Theodora and Her Court
Temple
Foosland
Portrait of the Artist-s Wife,Seated -12
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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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