Two Blue Horses -34-
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Venise -11-
As the Old Sing.So Twitter the Young
Harriet Powers
Angers
Christ and the Virgin Before God The Fat
monet impressionism
The Seven Acts of Charity
Portrait of a Gentleman in a Fur
The Cemetery at St.Privat
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art oil painting reproduction
Latina
painting in fresco
Wintry weather,Yarra Glen
Alston
The Lagoon Looking toward Murano from th
Line of bathers
Hampstead Heath,sun setting over Harrow
Still life of roses,tulips,chyrsanthemum
Seated Clown
Atherton
Woman with Coffee Pot
La Gioconda -The Mona Lisa-
Mountain Landscape with Rainbow
Pressman
Lazani
HEEM, Cornelis de
Red and Blue Horse -34-
The Painter with His Family
Delreyoaks
Stewardson
The Virgin and child with st Julian and
BRAMER, Leonaert
Moses and the Daughters of Jethro -nn03-
Une Sultane Prenant le cafe que lui pres
Woman and Maid sg
art impressionism in modern movement pos
A Bottle of Flower
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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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