NETSCHER, Caspar
Peasants in a Tavern
Bacchante couchee au bord de la mer -11-
Manuel Cabral Y Aguado Bejarano
Madonna and Child
Family Portrait ert
The portrait of man
BREGNO, Andrea
Bacchus
Hephzibah
Danseuse orientale -32-
Scene from Lee,North Devon
Portrait of a nobleman,full-length,stand
Dows
Ignudi -df01-
Sopchoppy
Portrait of Pietro Secco Suardo
Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain
Lafayette
Woman Condemned by the Inquisiton
Venus Genitrix -19-
Bardolph
Fruitlandpark
Venus Blindfolding Cupid EASF
Oscar Miestchaninoff -39-
The Dance -35-
Mona Lisa
Lakewoodpark
Establishment of the Manger at Greccio
Spring
Group Portrait of Mrs Davies,of Wormbrid
Georgia
Fortitude and Temperance with Six Antiqu
Englishbay
White Black and Gold
art fine photo
emotional characterization
The Water-s Edge
Jessheim
Capriccio with Venetian Motifs df
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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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