Apples and Oranges
John Baptizing -05-
Bernat, Martin
The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve
The Executios of May3,1808,1804
Dynedor Hill,Herefordshire,Harvest field
The Annunciation
The Indiscreet inn guest
Thomas Killigrew and William -25-
Child with Toys-Gabrielle and Jean-
Lubeck
Flood at Pont-Marley
At the theatre from Some scenes of Paris
A Vanitas still life
Vendas Novas
Portrait of Maria Dyakova
Swietokrzyskie
Flatford Mill from a lock on the Stour
At the Edge of the Water Basin -nn02-
Setting Sun at Ivry
Creede
George cole
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes -08-
Woman knitting -san19-
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Aix Ambassadeurs
Highlandbeach
Prentice, Levi Wells
Leutze, Emmanuel Gottlieb
Jacksonport
Convent Thoughts
Amedee David
Galena
Recreation in a Russian Camp
The Brenta Canal at Padua dsf
Portrait of Dr Gachet
The de Bray Family -The Banquet of Anton
Farmhouse in Provence
Diego in My Thoughts
Mrs Benjamin Pickman
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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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