Hwnry Arthur Payne
The bed
Dejeuner sur I-herbe -09-
The Bridge at Argenteuil in Autunn
Halt in the Hunt -05-
The Miracle of the Roses
Autumnal Woods
George Samuel Elgood,RI
Braquaval Louis
GIAMBONO, Michele
Ingenue
Terrace of a Cafe on Montmartre -nn04-
St.Cecilia
Lakemoor
Divernon
Farmhouse
united states of america
A Concert ar
Crab Fishermen
Landscape,Ruins and Figure
Family Portrait
Sheldonpoint
Martin Drolling
Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler
Street watched from up to down
Rocamadour
Hans Sandreuter
On the Wing
Eos -25-
Rough Sea at Etretat
Raoul
Spanish Musicians
View of Florence,From the Gardens fo the
Cale
Sovetsk
Alnwick Castle at Northumberland
Volterra,looking towards the Pisan Hills
Evening in Arcady -13-
Fairfieldbay
black wood picture frame
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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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