bill james baseball abstract
New York Harbor
reproduction paintings
Great Britain
Christ as the Man of Sorrows
Dorris
Deposition,details
The Bucintoro Returning to the Molo on A
A Moor Presenting a Parrot to a Lady
Emmett
Recreation by our Gallery
Jerome in the Desert -05-
Portrait of Jeanne Samary
The Mink Pond -44-
Washingtonpark
Arthur e.grimshaw
Provencher s Mill at Moret
Edward Henry Corbould,RI,RWS
The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel df
The Marriage Feast at Cana hg
Tartar
Old Woman Sewing
The Swing -08-
Hide and Seek
The Revolutionary
Simulaneous Contrasts Sun and Moon
Ramah
The Interior of the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Disputation of St Stephen fdg
Louveciennes - The Road to Versailles
The Cemetery at St. Privat, August 18, 1
Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple
Large Red Interior -35-
Thomas sidney cooper,R.A.
The Glorious First of June -25-
Portrait of a Young Venetian Lady
Jupiter and Thetis.
Large Food Display
Classical Still Life, Fruits on Table
Meditation -san29-
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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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