Exterior of Saint-Lazare Station
Dirck van Baburen
Warwick
Attica
Midas and Bacchus
Lady with a Fan -df01-
A Group of Danish Artists in Rome
Trabzon
Petrus und der Zollner
New Road
Mrs Fiske Warren - her Daughter Rachel
Kuopio
BERRUGUETE, Pedro
Camillo Massimi -detail- -df01-
Wheatridge
Coronation of the Virgin and Saints dfhh
La Place Valhubert, Paris
Spozalizio -The Engagement of Virgin Mar
Still Life with Pots,Jar and Bottles -nn
Portrait of an Old man
Rooftops in the Snow
art garfunkel
Wilmot Pilsbury,RWS
Amorous Old Woman and Young Man gjkh
Girl -26-
Andre Rouveyre
hide stretcher
New York Harbor
Landscape with Shepherdess Shepherd Play
A Sunday Morning in Engelberg,Switzerlan
Return Ulysses
The Israelites Leaving Egypt
Exeution of the Rebels of 3 May 1808
Cornelisz van Haarlem
St Jerome gs
Ponderosapark
Sunset on the seine,Winter Effect -nn02-
BORDONE, Paris
Flowers and Fruit on a Table
Sketch of Santa Sofia -18-
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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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