BELLINI, Jacopo
Carthage
Details of Archduke Leopold Wihelm-s Gal
Parentino, Bernardo
The Apostle Thomas -33-
Bedouins
The Artist-s Parents
Woman with a Parrot
Mary, Countess of Howe sd
Beard, William Holbrook
Alhambr
Gypsy with a Mandolin
Bezekne
Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci
abstract wallpaper
image and chef
View of Arles with Trees in Blossom -nn0
Sandimas
Penryhn Slate Quarry
Details of Venus of Urbino
Forty two Kids
The Celebration of the Relics of St Step
Consummatum est Jerusalem
The Bather at the Fountain
Luxe Calme et Volupte -35-
Les Alyscamps -nn04-
The Fortune Teller
La danse -26-
Hercules Protects Painting from Ignoranc
The Lackawanna Valley
Women at the Well
Courbet, Gustave
Creation of the Animals and Creation of
Francesville
sea scape
Portrait of Ines Moitessier -04-
The Triumph of David a
Toll Collectors
Andrea Di Giusto
Ubaldo Gandolfi
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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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