Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Berninghaus, Oscar Edmund
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Dream of Arcadia -13-
A Peasant Kermis -01-
Flower and fruit
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Cambridge
Lion with a Rabbit
Princess Sophie Troubetskoi, Duchess de
Thomas Cole
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Joaquin Agrasot y Juan
Achille Emperaire
Diana discovers Callisto-s Misdemeanour
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Gilles as Pierrot
Conciliarism Composition
Diana and her Companions
Manzanola
Arcola
Genk
The Judgement of Paris -08-
Kissing the Earth
Details of The Tapestry-Weavers
Le Comte Robert de Montesquiou -20-
Lake George
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BREENBERGH, Bartholomeus
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Bad Hersfeld
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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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