Madonna and Child with Saints
How is
Voyage of Life
Figures in an Ecuadorian Landscape
Abkhazia
Nulato
The Graham Children
Crowsnest
Portrait of Madame Seriziat
Valence
Portrait of a Woman, called The Nun
Tamerlane leading the assault of the cas
Self-Portrait with Black Clay Vase and S
Edward Ashton Goodes
News Depot at Cos Cob
Bassin Central
custom motorcycle frame
Ferme a Recouvriere -11-
The Nativity -05-
River Scene with Fishermen
Architectonics in Painting
posters
The Bottle of Barletta -45-
Lady Dacre
Entry of Charles VIII into Florence dfg
Flintcity
Peasant Woman,Head -nn04-
Prophet Zacharias
Course of Empire
Willits
Losaltoshills
Thatcher
Folkston
The Empress Eugenie a la Marie-Antoinett
The Fortune Teller -05-
Peasant Woman,Seated,With White Cap -nn0
Cloud study,Hampstead,trees at ringt 11S
Allegory of Charity
1510 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Emperor Nicholas II
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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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