Arizonacity
The Lost Virginity -19-
VROOM, Hendrick Cornelisz.
Lipgart, Earnest
Assumption of the Virgin -detail-
King Cophetua and the Beggar -nn03-
Guarding of the Supply Train -43-
John brett,a.r.a
Vopnafjordhur
Jean-Leon Gerome,The Death of Caesar -23
Momper, Franqois de
The Sower -nn04-
A boat passing a lock
View in Moret
Martyrdom of St Lawrence et
Trinity with Mary Magdalene,St john the
Praiano
Landscape w-Birds
Guillaume Bude
Quiet
Sea view
Fall of Phaeton
Webb
Still-Life af
Enclosed Field With Ploughman
anal stretcher
The Plain of Esdraelon from the Heights
Hercules and Minerva Fighting Mars -01-
Rest on the Flight into Egypt af
Bauldaire-s Mistress Reclining
Blooming Almond Stem in a Glass
Germantownhills
Peder Severin Kroyer
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck
Cleopatra at the Temple of Isis at Phila
framed wall art
Portrait d-une Jeune Femme cousant -df02
The Countrywoman in the work
Thurso
Disputation in the Synagogue sg
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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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