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Henri Matisse Green marble table mk260 1941 Oil on canvas years 46 x 38.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Two women mk260 1941 Oil on canvas years 61 x 50 cm
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Henri Matisse There s still life Mulan mk260 1941 Oil on canvas years 74 x 101 cm
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Henri Matisse There is still life of oysters mk260 1940 Oil on canvas years 65.5 x 81.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Black background, tulips and oysters mk260 1943 Oil on canvas years 61 x 73 cm
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Henri Matisse Students blue book mk260 1945 Oil on canvas years 55.3 x 46.7 cm
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Henri Matisse Still life in front of a red background mk260 1946 Oil on canvas years 92 x 65 cm
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Henri Matisse Nude in front of a red background mk260 1947 Oil on canvas years 65 x 54.2 cm
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Henri Matisse Red background blue table mk260 1947 Oil on canvas years 116 x 89 cm
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Henri Matisse There s still life pomegranate mk260 1947 Oil on canvas years 80.5 x 60 cm
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Henri Matisse Silent room mk260 1947 Oil on canvas years 61 x 50 cm
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Henri Matisse Back mk260 1906 copper 190 x 116 x 13 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman s Head mk260 1910 copper 26.7 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm
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Henri Matisse Back mk260 1916 copper 190 x 114 x 16 cm
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Henri Matisse Back mk260 1913 copper 188 x 116 x 14 cm
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Henri Matisse Dancers mk260 1943 papercuts years puzzle 43.4 x 34.1 cm
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Henri Matisse Saline lake mk260 1946 paper-cut jigsaw years 44 x 66 cm
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Henri Matisse People mk260 1946 papercuts years puzzle 43.3 x 67.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Sea mk260 1946 paper-cut jigsaw years 196 x 314 cm
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Henri Matisse Female black mk260 1952 paper-cut jigsaw years 453.9 x 623.3 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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