Artist: Henri Matisse Painting: Nude with White Towell (mk35) Introduction: 1902-1903
Nu a la serviette blanche
Oil on canvas 81 x 59.5 cm
Collection Mr Mrs Gifford Phillips,New York
Artist: Henri Matisse Painting: Crouching Nude Profile with Black Hair (mk35) Introduction: 1906
Nu accroupi,Profil a la chevelure noire Lithograph 39.5 x 21.5 cm
Bibliotheque d'Art et d'Archeologie,Paris
View of Collioure(The Bell Tower) (mk35) Painting ID:: 24770
Artist: Henri Matisse Painting: View of Collioure(The Bell Tower) (mk35) Introduction: 1905
Vue de Collioure(Le Clocher)
Oil on canvas 32.9 x 41.3 cm
Private collection
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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