WATTEAU, Antoine
Giovanni Bentivoglio
The Countess Spencer with her Daughter G
Desoto
Madonna del parto
Venus at her Mirror
The Toilet of Venus
Gueldry Ferdinand-Joseph
Four Cut Sunflowers
Pierre II, Duke of Bourbon, Presented by
Biala Podiaska
Casadeoro-mounthelix
Farm Coutyard in Auvers
A cornfield
Paolo and Francesca
Lady Macbeth
Stolen Kiss Detail
James Gillray
Haymakers
Singing Boy with a Flute
Portrait of a gentleman,three-quarter le
Pendennis Castle Cornwall- Scene after a
Mask
Karl Schuch
The Annunciation -26-
The self-Portrait of Emanation
Gilles or Pierrot
Saint Peter and Saint Paul -nn03-
Still-life -47-
Glastonbury
Johann Barthold Jongkind
Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the O
Bardi Altarpiece -36-
Crossing the brook -31-
FRUEAUF, Rueland the Younger
The Embarkation of Charles III in the Po
First Orange Still Life -35-
Gaithersburg
St Augustine, St John the Baptist and St
The Music Lesson
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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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