New York City I
Archangel ighi
A Pine there stands in the northern wild
Ships in the Roads
Venus,Satyre et Cupidon
Madonna and Child Enthroned,with Angels
Portrait of a Man in Military Costume
L-Auglais au Moulin-Rouge
Skating on the Ditches of the Walls
The Arts and Sciences
Rio dei Mendicanti -detail- s
Window blind
An Oasis in the Badlands
shoes stretcher womens
Grandridge
Return From Bohemia
Basket of Fruit
Blades
The Triumph of St George -detail- fsg
The Judgment of Paris
The Stormy Sea-or The Wave
Newparis
Naturita
The Miracle of Lactation
The Scene Painter, Troels Lund
Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse
Leoben
Prince-s Day,Interior of an inn with a c
Vigo
Lihue
Parton, Ernest
Autumn
the van gogh cafe
The Maharajah Duleep Singh
Portrait of an Old Man gs
Holtville
Francois-Joseph Heim
St George and the Dragon qt
Ouragan aux Bahamas
St.Elizabeth of Portugal
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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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