Fairmontcity
Altha
Still life of various flwers in a basket
Mr - Mrs Thomas Miffin
The Morning Bath
Recreation by our Gallery
Hollowayville
Place de la Republique,Rouen
Losmolinos
Fortsmith
Palmezzano, Marco
custom motorcycle frame
Cloudlake
Portrait of Louis XIV,King of France -17
The Beached Margin
Portrait of Dr.Leo Eloesser
The Fountain of Youth dfg
Leesburg
Houses on the Town Square in Klosterneu-
Drochia
Queen Victoria
Karel Dujardin
Calvin Gates Pages
Suva Reka
Hall
Connecticut
Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and
Ekwok
Laughing Child
Taking in Sails at Sunset
The Triumph of Galatea -detail-
Details of The Battle of Issus
Allegory of Good and Bad Government
MOSTAERT, Jan
Richard ansdell,R.A.
The Quarry
The Fall of the Rebel Angels -08-
Port in Argenteuil
Landscape with Figures,Giverny
Cowboy Watering His Horse
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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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