Allegory of Death -08-
Lord Aldeburgh Reviewing Troops
Christ and Mary Magdalene
Oakbrook
The Death of St Bonaventura -08-
Naval Battle Between the United States -
Midday on the Beach
Two Blue Horses -34-
Old Masters
Still Life df
Pointarena
Millcreek
Study for The Cross and the World-The Pi
are beveled mirrors
Gazi Baba
Viirgin and child Enthroned with six Ang
Self-Portrait zg
Skuodas
Lakebarrington
Bar Room
Seneca
The Geographer
Portrait of a Man 6
animal welfare
Portrait of a Young Peasant -nn04-
FLORIGERIO, Sebastiano
water bed frame
Henry Clarence Whaite,RWS
View of the Colosseum from the Farnese G
The Adoration of the Infant Jesus with S
The Meeting -Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet-
Pygmalion and Galatea
Martuni
A William Blake reproduction, photograph
The Beaneater
Eloe -19-
STUBBS, George
MIERIS, Willem van
The Bathers
1909
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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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