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Henri Matisse
Les toits de Collioure,
Les toits de Collioure, 1905, oil on canvas, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Henri Matisse
Woman Reading,
Woman Reading, 1894, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
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Henri Matisse
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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Henri Matisse
Woman with a Hat
Woman with a Hat, 1905. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Henri Matisse
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
The Plum Blossoms
The Plum Blossoms, 1948, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Henri Matisse
The Dessert
The Dessert: Harmony in Red, 1908, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
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Henri Matisse
Luxe, Calme et Volupte
Luxe, Calme et Volupte, 1904, Musee National d'Art Moderne.
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Henri Matisse
Le bonheur de vivre
Le bonheur de vivre, 1905-6, Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA
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Henri Matisse
Open Window
Open Window, Collioure, 1905, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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Henri Matisse
Portrait of Madame Matisse
Portrait of Madame Matisse (The green line), 1905, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Henri Matisse
Self Portrait in a Striped T shirt 1906,
Self Portrait in a Striped T shirt 1906, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Henri Matisse
The Young Sailor II
The Young Sailor II, 1906, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Henri Matisse
Blue Nude
Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra), 1907, Baltimore Museum of Art
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Henri Matisse
Madras Rouge
Madras Rouge, 1907, Barnes Foundation
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Henri Matisse
Bathers with a Turtle
Bathers with a Turtle, 1908, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
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Henri Matisse
The Dance
The Dance (second version), 1910 Hermitage Museum, [[St. Petersburg, Russia
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Henri Matisse
Still Life with Geraniums
Still Life with Geraniums, 1910, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
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Henri Matisse
L Atelier Rouge
L'Atelier Rouge, 1911, oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm., The Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Henri Matisse
The Conversation
The Conversation, c.1911, The Hermitage St. Petersburg
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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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