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Henri Matisse Read mk260 1906 Oil on canvas years 14 x 14.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Read mk260 1906 Oil on canvas years 64 x 80 cm
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Henri Matisse Hat woman mk260 1905 Oil on canvas years 81 x 60 cm
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Henri Matisse Plaster figure still life mk260 1906 Oil on canvas years 54 x 45.1 cm
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Henri Matisse Nude mk260 1906 Oil on canvas years 55 x 46 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman wearing a red turban mk260 1907 Oil on canvas years 99.4 x 80.5 cm
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Henri Matisse From three bath mk260 1907 Oil on canvas years 210 x 138 cm
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Henri Matisse Female toilets mk260 1907 Oil on canvas years 116 x 89 cm
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Henri Matisse Nude standing mk260 1907 Oil on canvas years 92.1 x 64.8 cm
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Henri Matisse Still there are narcissus mk260 1907 Oil on canvas years 114 x 87 cm
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Henri Matisse Red Harmony mk260 1909 Oil on canvas years 180 x 220 cm
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Henri Matisse There is still life dance mk260 1909 Oil on canvas years 89.5 x 117.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Music mk260 1909-1910 Oil on canvas in 260 x 389 cm
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Henri Matisse Dance mk260 1909-1910 Oil on canvas in 260 x 391 cm
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Henri Matisse The girls sat mk260 1909 Oil on canvas years 41 x33 cm
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Henri Matisse Girls and tulip mk260 1909 Oil on canvas years 92 x 73.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Trophy and a small statue of pink mk260 1910 Oil on canvas years 90 x 117 cm
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Henri Matisse Still Life mk260 1910 Oil on canvas years 90 x 117 cm
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Henri Matisse Persian statues and vases mk260 1908 Oil on canvas years 60.5 x 73.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Olga portrait mk260 1911 Oil on canvas years 99.7 x 80.6 cm
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Henri Matisse
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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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