Waleska
disney animal kingdom
Ninilchik
Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan
William and his Model
Three Women on Board -nn02-
The Apostle Bartholomem -33-
Dospalos
Karadonly
Death of Mary gfh
Orpheus Laments -19-
Two Children on the Beach -09-
Seal Rock, California
Festa notturna alla chiesa di S.Pietro d
animal game
The Coronation of the Doge dfg
Grissomafb
Details of The Three Stages of Life,with
life portrait still
Meat-s Not Meat Til It s in the Pan
Kazlu-Ruda
decorative mirror
View of Sacramento,California,From Acros
La Crucifixion -df02-
E.Phillips Fox
Cyclotron-s shape Moon
Lakeelsinore
The Fox Hunter-s Dream
St Augustine in his Study -36-
Agency
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire et le Chatea
Music Party
L-Esclave blanche -32-
Self-Portrait with Raised Arms,Back View
Don Antonio Noriega
A Woman Ironing
abstract light
Details of The Execution of Maximilian
Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro
Adam
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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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