Vancouver 1000 Parker
Egyptian Museum
The Virgin and Child in a Church -08-
Women,on a Cafe Terrace -san16-
Flint Castle
The Parinter who probably -18-
Madonna and Child Befor a Fireplace
The Luckless Hunter -43-
SOMER, Paulus van
Odell
sked stretcher
Injured heart
Self Portrait
Madame Perregaux et
Young Bull
Philip IV in Broun and Silver -df01-
Blonde Woman with Naked Breasts
Northatlanta
Korrnidzor
Courbet, Gustave
Portrait of the Artist
The Virgin - Child Surrounded by Four An
portrait of Maria Bockenoolle -33-
Details of Stigmatisation des Hl.Franzis
Madonna and Child with St. Anne
Musscher, Michiel van
Hens and Chicken
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap -
Peeters, Bonaventure II
Portrait of the Artist Holding a Life St
The Bridge at Narni A study -05-
Lauret Aine
Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau
The Deliverance of Arsinoe
Recreation by our Gallery
art reproduction
Woman in Black
Outskirts of Paris
The Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne d
The Choice of Heracles sd
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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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