Coffmancove
Sophia Hedwig, Countess of Nassau Dietz,
This is Frida-s earliest of two attempts
Cascade de la Folie Chamonix -22-
POTTER, Paulus
On the Way to Market -san05-
Village Street in Auveers -nn04-
The Doge Andrea Gritti
Bar
Villapark
Book
Three Women Plucking Madrakes
Portrait of a Knight of Malta
mirror side view
Self-Portrait with Cap
Portrait of Arthur Roessler -12
The Quarry
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the
Promenade on Skagen Beach -nn02-
Temple
Blind Man-s Buff sg
A Tale from the Decameron
animal welfare
Salisbury
The Veterinarian Dr Reindl in the Arbor
Hope I -19-
William Penn-s Treaty with the Indians -
Danapoint
Grand Manan Island Bay of Fundy
Two Female Figures and a Dog -Blue Dress
Anonymous
animal physiology
Drenthe
painters
Still Life 010
Realistic Red Rose
SPELT, Adrian van der
Watering The Horses and Farmyard Compani
Frohliches Paar.Sogenanntes Selbstbildni
Grainstack,Thaw,Sunset
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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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