Frederick spencer gore
gardening landscape
Portrait of a Hunter Mare,The Property o
Portrait of a Man -05-
Yalta
Sir Francis Sykes and Family
greek mythical creature
Cubecove
Adoation of the Magi -36-
Adam and Eve sfw
The Bullfight
Saint catherine
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The Entombment of Christ
Sunlight and Shadow
The Artist in his Museum
Fight Between Tiger and Buffalo
Nude on Sofa with Three Pussies
John Locke
Neamt
A Child-s Portrait
Still-life with Glass, Cheese, Butter an
Washerwoman, Eragny sur Epte
Heinrich von Angeli
Portrait of a Young Man fdgdf
The School Master
The Pont du Gard AF
Pinelake
COUSIN, Jean the Elder
The Holy Family obn a working Day -45-
Riolinda
Still-Life of Musical Instruments
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Paintin
Interior with a Young Girl Reading -35-
Footballer
WEENIX, Jan
gold frame
The Young Shepherdess -26-
Finishing Touches
The Artist- Wife,seated -12-
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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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