Musulmanes sortant d-une mosquee de vill
Rex
COSSA, Francesco del
Portrait of a Man tq
Three arhat-s in a circle,with their tam
William Shakespeare Burton
Maidservant at the Window
An italianate landscape with fishermen a
The Epsom Derby -09-
Oceanside
Newsite
I Lifted Mine Eyes Unto the Hills-n-d
Singing Boy with a Flute
Clouds
Vue de Riva -11-
Mrs.Harriet Greer
HOUCKGEEST, Gerard
The Family of Queen Victoria -25-
Market Place ,Leominster -47-
Madonna with Saint Sebastian
Le Dejeunersur l-Herbe
Officer of the Imperial Guard -The Charg
American Lake Scene
Still-Life with Fruits sg
Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window
Ariton
Christ Mocked -detail- s
Armstrong
Agrinion
Forrest
The Deliverance of Saint Peter from Pris
Mecca
Horses Being Watered
woman
Edith Schiele,Seated -12-
The Reading Lesson
Mary, Countess of Howe sd
Fyffe
Lavahotsprings
Bathsheba at Her Bath
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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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