Volunteers Marching Out
abstract nude art
Menzelschwand -san41-
White Flowers with Blue Background
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Spozalizio -The Engagement of Virgin Mar
The Flight into Egypt -detail-
Bartow
Portrait of a Woman
The Widow or Teh Fisherman-s Family
Danae
Catskill Mountain
Levitan, Isaak
Maplesville
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Prince Alfred and Princess Helena
Une Loge aux Italiens
Peasant Wedding Feast
Trees in Winter,View of Bennecourt
Philo
Hampshire
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels
Elkville
The Widower
Heaths in the Ardennes
Inglis
BOLLONGIER, Hans
BEHAM, Barthel
Franz von Stuck
Secondmesa
A View of Vaitepeha Bay,Tahiti
Portrait of a man,said to be joseph-jean
round wood frame
The School in Tagaste
Bordigbera
Water Mill at Gennep -nn04-
Virgin of th Rock -08-
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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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