stretched to the limit
Sportsmen Going out
MIEREVELD, Michiel Jansz. van
Landscape with Ruins and Figures -05-
Schofieldbarracks
Les aveugles de jericho
Nora
Vasily Surikov
Study of Road and church
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Portraits of Martin Luther and Catherine
Self-Portrait dfgjmnh
The Library of Benjamin Godfrey windus
The Beach at Fecaump
Landscape with Psyche at the Palace of C
The Moneylender and his Wife -detail- sg
Self-Portrait with her Husband,Charles,a
The Favourite Odalisque -32-
La fuite en Egypte -11-
Haxtun
Islamorada
Clearing in a High Forest,Forest of Font
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Bundy Horace
Landscape on the Coast near Menton
The Harvest at Montfoucault
The Soldiers of Christ -detail-
Details of Erweckung eines Knaben
Arnliern
Abstract
Departure of the SS Orient from Circular
Man Writing in an Artist-s Studio
Woman Reading_l
Parkin
Schaumburg
Holy Family dfgh
Sunset, Hudson River
Young Woman with a Veil
Chessboard
L-Estaque
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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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