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Henri Matisse French window before mk260 1919 Oil on canvas years 130 x 89 cm
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Henri Matisse Indoor mk260 1919 Oil on canvas years 132.1 x 88.9 cm
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Henri Matisse Sitting in the window of the Nude mk260 1919 Oil on canvas years 92 x 64.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Room two women mk260 1920 Oil on canvas years 92 x 73 cm
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Henri Matisse Black table mk260 1919 Oil on canvas years 102 x 80 cm
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Henri Matisse Marguerite asleep mk260 1920 Oil on canvas years 46 x 65 cm
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Henri Matisse Sofa woman mk260 1920 Oil on canvas years 60 x 73.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Breakfast mk260 1920 Oil on canvas years 64.1 x 73.8 cm
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Henri Matisse Holiday flowers mk260 1921 Oil on canvas years 65.5 x 99.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Festive flowers mk260 1921 Oil on canvas years 72.5 x 99 cm
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Henri Matisse Lunch mk260 1921 Oil on canvas years 66 x 54.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Room mk260 1921 Oil on canvas years 73 x 60 cm
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Henri Matisse Pre-screen chat mk260 1921 years painting 91.9 x 74.4 cm
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Henri Matisse Reading desk woman mk260 1921 years painting 55.5 x 46.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Odalisque mk260 1923 years painting 61 x 74 cm
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Henri Matisse Fish tank after a woman mk260 1923 canvas years 80.7 x 100 cm
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Henri Matisse Nude in front of a blue background mk260 1923 years painting 51 x 61 cm
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Henri Matisse Ladies wearing red pants mk260 1921 years painting 65 x 90 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman playing the piano and still life mk260 1924 years painting 65 x 81.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Baroness portrait mk260 1924 years painting 81 x 65 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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