Breton Village in the Snow
Christophe Gabriel Allegrain, Sculptor d
Bouldercreek
mugen character
Saint Sebastien secouru par les anges
Portrait of Mrs j.p.Heselitine -46-
Pieta
Olaine
Gosnold at Cuttyhunk
mixed media canvas
Libertyville
The Plains Herder
A languid Frederick Leighton in Tissot-s
Lighthousepoint
Portrait de Berthe Morisot -40-
Miercurea Cluc
Evening Tide,California Coast
The Marriage Feast at Cana 2
Tereus Confronted with the Head of his S
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
L-ecole americaine
Sleeping Venus kji
At Home-A Portrait -46-
Young Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni visits a H
Nicolae Grigorescu
L'Aquila
Houses of Parliament on Fire
Minerva Conquering Ignorance -01-
Smithville
Famous Persons- The Cumean Sibyl
letter of vincent van gogh
Artvin
Lonsdale
Charles Le Brun Painter to the King -05-
Three woman and still life
Jean Baptiste Oudry
Self Portrait -05-
Salzburg,Austria,View of the Castle
Alma Tadema reproductions, photographed
The Artist-s Sisters
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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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