Domenico Ghirlandaio,Portrait of Giovann
The Dance Hall in Arles -nn04-
Leskoec
wml
Cathedral in Wintertime -22-
definition of impressionism
The Corn Harvest
Slobozia
Alytus
Ritratto di ragazza or Portrait of a you
Kotzebue
The World Upside Down
In a Cafe
Haying, Conway Meadows
Blackpool
The road to Ennery,near Pontoise La rout
John Frost
Moses and the Daughters of Jethro -nn03-
Napoleon Crossing the Saint Bernard
Jacob s Dream
Ecce agnus Dei
In the Park,Bolton Abbey -37-
Self-Portrait in the Studio
The Source -04-
Jan Spanjaert
Las Meninas -after Velazquez,detail- -df
Hopkinspark
The Morning Walk
Guidoriccio da Fogliano
Mesolongion
Niccol da Tolentino Leads the Florentine
The Descent from the Cross -05-
pussy stretcher
san diego wild animal park
A New Generation
The Miraculous Rescue of St Placidus
La Japonaise
St Cecilia wrw
Viacheslav Schwarz
Saint Martin-s Summer -nn02-
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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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