Apotheosis of Henry IV -05-
Saskia Laughing
Osgood
Nude with Coral Necklace -39-
Landscape with the Embarkation of Saint
The Fiddle and playing card on the table
Funeral
Sunrise Between Two Headlands
Homespun
Portrait of a Lady
Bronwood
Still life of a hare,fish,fruit and flow
Gathering of Actors from the Italian Com
Abraham Cooper
Portrait of the Artist-s Seated,Holding
Peter I
Woman Combing her Hair
Mrs Ralph Curtis
Christ Served by Angels
BERCHEM, Nicolaes
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria
Jersey City
creative framed home memory project scra
Snowmassvillage
art fine giclee reproduction
A Concert
Two Girls Reading
Stapleton Park near Pontefract
Airman
Roman Beggar Woman
Russian Music
Gauguin-s Chair
Chasseur of the Imperial Guard,Charging
Manhattan
Chaim Soutine
Made
Bogovinje
George V 1912 -25-
Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau
Queen Guenevere -19-
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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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