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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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Painting ID:: 59788
Les toits de Collioure,
Les toits de Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Painting ID:: 59789
Woman Reading,
Woman Reading, 1894, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
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Painting ID:: 59790
A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon
A Glimpse of Notre Dame in the Late Afternoon, 1902, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
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Painting ID:: 59791
Woman with a Hat
Woman with a Hat, 1905. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Painting ID:: 59792
The Painter and His Model,
The Painter and His Model, oil on canvas, 1917, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
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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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