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Henri Matisse Modeling in the Mirror mk260 1937 years engraving 81 x 59.5 cm
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1936 years engraving 49.5 x 36.8 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman sitting in a chair mk260 1938 years charcoal paper 62.8 x 50 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman sitting in a chair mk260 1938 years charcoal paper 63.2 x 48 cm
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Henri Matisse Woman sitting in a chair mk260 1938 years charcoal paper 65.4 x 50.8 cm
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Henri Matisse Young woman mk260 1938 years charcoal paper 65 x 50 cm
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Henri Matisse Nude mk260 1938 years charcoal paper
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1941 years charcoal paper 40.5 x 52.6 cm
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Henri Matisse Lying woman mk260 1941 years charcoal paper 40.6 x 52.7 cm
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1941 years pen paper 40.6 x 52.8 cm
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1941 years pen paper 40.6 x 52.8 cm
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1941 years pen paper 40.6 x 52.8 cm
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Henri Matisse A woman sitting mk260 1941 years pen paper 40.6 x 52.8 cm
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Henri Matisse Still Life mk260 1941 years pen paper 63.5 x 50 cm
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Henri Matisse Still Life mk260 1944 years pen paper 52 x 40 cm
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Henri Matisse Ladies sitting mk260 1942 years pen paper 43.3 x 60.5 cm
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Henri Matisse Vase mk260 1943 divergent years than paper 52.7 x 40.6 cm
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Henri Matisse Vase mk260 1943 divergent years than paper 52.7 x 40.6 cm
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Henri Matisse Still Life mk260 1944 years pen paper 48.2 x 37.5 cm
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Henri Matisse the table next to a woman mk260 1944 years pen paper 61 x 41 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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