Tileworks in the Principe Pio Mountains
Carrabelle
impressionism
Aragon jose Rafael
Westbadensprings
Ariccia -47-
The Triumph of Faith fs
View of an Alpine Valley probably the Va
Las Meninas -after Velazquez,detail- -df
The Magdalen with the Nightlighe
Toomsboro
Choate Bridge, Winter
Apostles Peter and John
E.A.Golovkina
Coming Home
Portrait of Willemina van Braeckel er
tolkien creature
Piping and Drinking in the Tavern ag
Mcgehee
Scenes from the Life of Saint Dominic-Th
Study of a Dog
she is
Saint Cecilia
Portrait of the Artist-s Seated,Holding
abstract white
Portrait d Alpbonse Maureau
Dancer Sitting in an Armchair -35-
Wels
Roberts
The Fight in the Forest
Portrait of Mona Lisa,La Gioconda -05-
Paxson
Disputation in the Synagogue -detail- sd
Barnard Gratz
VERHAGHEN, Pieter Jozef
The Holy Family
Springfield
The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel df
Detail of The Repose of Venus
Evening in Antiquity -19-
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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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