The Gulf
Three woman bathing
The Snowstorm
Giuseppe Maria Terreni
between chamonix and martigny -nn03-
Henri Matisse
Upper Marlboro
Retiring
Man in a Plumed Hat and Gorget
CRETI, Donato
Death of Admiral de Coligny
Tavares
The Pilgrims at Emmaus -05-
Titus at his Desk -33-
A Morning- Dance of the Nymphs-Salon of
Guitar and fruit dish
Burnham
Vestaviahills
Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus
Opa-lockanorth
Portrait of a Doctor dfh
Meindert Hobbema
Eagarville
Bacchante with a Satyr and Two Cupids
Biel
St.Dominic Pardons a Heretic
Invocation
Still lifes of Grapes,figs,apples,pears,
Newhaven
A Condottiere
Dovecreek
The Beach at Walberswick
Novi Sad
Allegory of History
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes wr
Green Wheat Fields -nn04-
St.Bonaventure Enters the Franciscan Ord
The Presentation in the Temple
The Fight in the Forest
Southcoventry
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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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