Antwerp of Leiden
Footballer
Cornelia Kuemmel
Christ with Mary and Martha
Cupids-Dance
Jesus chez Marthe et Marie
Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov
Flor and the Zephyrs
art impressionism making modernity paint
Moses Striking the Rock dfg
Madonna and Child with the Infant St Joh
Portrait of Charles II of Bourbon
Riverbank,Petit-Andely -09-
Luncheon on the Grass
1510 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Sentier de la mi-cote,Louveciennes
MORAZZONE
St Augustine, St John the Baptist and St
Paolo di Dono called Uccello
Hampstead Heath with London in the dista
Mascoutah
The Adoration of the Shepherds sf
Bather
Portrait of a Man wtt
The Glass of Wine
Vessels, Basket and Fruit
Madonna and Saints dg
Mrs. Day
John the Baptist and St Agnes
Portrait of Ekaterina Avdulina
The Parisian Woman
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
Saturn, Conquered by Amor, Venus and Hop
van gogh bio
The Apple Seller
Jeanne Samary
Welcome Footsteps
Calatayud
Bla III Founding the Cistercian Monaster
Tallapoosa
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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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