Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the
A group portrait,reputed to be the singe
Assumption of the Virgin
miami
Details of Pope Leo X With Cardinals Giu
Wall, William Guy
The Dam Square in Amsterdam
Jules Breton
Marguerite -35-
Lament for Christ Dead
Funeral
Deposition,details
Ludovico Carracci
Fortwaltonbeach
Still Life on a Green Sideboard -35-
Murano, Andrea da
3d abstract
The Virgin of the Annunciation
The Virgin Enthroned sg
Crucifixion with st dominic -05-
Madonna and Child with two Angels
A Beach with Shipping Offshore
Guitar
Seated Nude -26-
Peeters, Gilles
BIJLERT, Jan van
The Nest
Village Scene
Frederick bacon barwell
Losangeles
Viva la Vida
Port
Silver Springs
image bank
Prince Henry Lubomirski
Nikolski
Deposition from the Cross fdg
The Milkmaid
In Small and Secluded Convents
La Forge de Vulcain -df02-
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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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