The Agony in the Garden -nn03-
Darien
Bathers
Joseph-s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob se
Feme of country
Deposition from the Cross fdg
Moonrise over Greece
Corning
A View of Henley-on-Thames -25-
Porter
Portrait of the artist anna ostroumova
View of Saintes-Maries -nn04-
Cecelia Beaux
Izmayil
Composition qq
Portrait of Tomas de Iriarte
Still-life du
Death of the Virgin
The Sculpture Gallery -23-
The Reading Lesson
BELLECHOSE, Henri
A Woman and her Maid in a Coutyard -08-
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
Mrs James Wyatt Jnr and her Daughter
CERQUOZZI, Michelangelo
Winter -25-
Selbyville
Ironcity
Madonna of Humility with Angels and Dono
title abstract office
The Pedicure -06-
Entrance to the Grand Canal- Looking Eas
Mir, Joaquin
Birdsong
Isafjorour
KEY, Adriaan
Anna Putsch,First Wife of Dr.johannes -4
wooded frame
Medias
The Kiss
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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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