Francisco de Goya Sacrifice to Vesta
Cornation of the Virgin -08-
Portrait of Cardinal Nicola Albergati
The Portrait of Olek Teslar
The Martydom of St.Bartholomew
BERCKHEYDE, Gerrit Adriaensz.
Still Life with Beer Mug and FRUIT -NN04
A Musical Evening
Schramcity
desert landscape
Peabody museum
Viirgin and child Enthroned with six Ang
Thomas Butler
Harvesters by Firelight
Glad Day
Kinmundy
Mill Pond- Moors Mill
Parton, Ernest
Sir George Clausen,RA
Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vor
Two Thistles -nn04-
Tasmanian Aborigines
dissertation abstract
The Passion -detail- sg
Circe
Scenes from the Life of St Francis -Scen
The Andes of Ecuador
BRAY, Dirck
Taylorsprings
Temple
The Infanta Margarita-o
Still Life with Fruit
Parrish, Clara Weaver
View of London- The Thames from Somerset
Nicolas de Largilliere
sacred figures
Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie sf
America-s Gothic
Reclining Nude on White Pillow
Judith and Holofernes
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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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