Arthur
Fishing in the Spring, Pont de Clichy
in nursery pf reproduction seedling
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his W
Judith and Holofernes 333
SEGHERS, Gerard
The Threrr Graces -05-
Keo
Summer
Emil Carlsen
Podgorica
Carriage Business
Conrad
Katarzyna Branicka, Countess Potocka
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite
figure types
Boone
Siglufjordhur
Street in Delft
Stormy Sea,Brighton 20 july 1828
An evening landscape with goat and sheep
Madame Thurneysen and her Daughter
Baigneuse se Coiffant
Louis King of France Distributing Alms -
Benozzo Gozzoli, -36-
Cupid Complaining to Venus
Summerfield
The Mad Woman of Douai
Genesee Valley Landscape
Abstract
stretcher bar
Double Portrait of the Mennonite Preache
Child-s Profile and Study for a Still Li
Shoals
Hetch Hetchy Valley
The Poultry yard,Probably a Portrait of
The Floor Strippers
Rinaldo and Armida 1625Oil on canvas
The Milkmaid
Travellers on the Way
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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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