Kurt Schwitters
Still-life in a Landscape asf
Capriccio- River Landscape with a Column
Rhode island
Floating Ice at Bennecourt
Recreation by our Gallery
The Embarkation for Cythera -05-
Darmstadt Madonna -detail- sg
Cupid Carving his Bow
The Moneylender and his Wife
Still life of a chocolate pot,teapot,suc
Leadore
Presentation in the Temple fh
A Woman standing before an entrance to a
Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens -19-
Tczew
Anton Raphael Mengs
David Roberts
stretcher waistband
Rosny,the Chateau of the Duchesse de Ber
Jose Tapiro y Bara
River Landscape fdgs
Chattahoochee
Still Life with Profile of Laval
Father Time Overcome by Love, Hope and B
Room of the Giants
Arthur Ignatius Keller
stretched
Deas Charles
Jean Francois de troy
Garden of Fortuny-s House -nn02-
Still-life with Herring fg
Still Life with Oysters and Pastries
Interior of San Marco -25-
Ullswater,early morning
Radovis
Ostade, Adriaen van
Venice- The Feast Day of St. Roch
Torn Lingerie
Lebanon
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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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