Ludwig, Graf Von Langenstein
Guy
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The Vision of St Eustace
Low Tide known as Immensity
Cardinal Manning
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View of the Fort of Pateeta
Esther and ahasuerus
A young woman playing a harpsichord to a
Anchorpoint
The Wetterhorn
The self-portrait artist and monkey
Judith leyster
sign frame
The Grand Jatte of Landscape
The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis
Netherlandish Proverbs
The path to the church
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Palazzo Manzoni,on the Gradn Canal,Venic
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Sacred Conversation -detail- fdhd
The Torre del Orologio sdg
North Uist
The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her La
Paesaggio con rovine -21-
The Agony in the Garden
Low Tide known as Immensity
Details of Poppies
Still life of red and white grapes,peach
Child Posing with Cat
Procession of the Magus Melchoir
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van gogh picture
The Sheep Shearing
Anna Dollfus, Baronne de Bourgoing
Air light and water
The Chaste Susannah
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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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