The Stragglers Impression of Snow
Delavan
Repe of Deianira
Peach Tree in Bloom
Schynige Platte
Westlakevillage
Portrait of a Maiden
Diogenes
Dame franque vetue a la turque et sa ser
Portrait of Artist E.C.
Entombment
van gogh calendar
Battle between Constantine and Maxentius
Saint George and the Dragon
Vain Courtship
Allegory of the Five Senses -detail- af
Portrait of the Wife of Hendrik Pilgram
War It Passes,Terrifying,Leaving Despair
Rural Scene
Lakelosangeles
L-Arriere-port de Dunkerque
Lamentations Over the Dead Christ
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Couple
An Afternoon Outing
Datail of The femish Bride -33-
Gaspard Dughet
Fulfilment,pattern for the Stoclet Friez
Gould
Winnebago
france oil painting
A windmill near Brighton
Holy Family Resting on thte Flight to Eg
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Spain Overturn
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An interior with a seated woman holding
Mezzetin
The Death of Saint Joseph
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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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