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Henri Matisse Le Rifain assis, Le Rifain assis, 1912-13, 200 x 160 cm. Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA
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Henri Matisse Zorah on the Terrace Zorah on the Terrace, 1912, oil on canvas, 116 x 100 cm., The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
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Henri Matisse Window at Tangier, Window at Tangier, 1912, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
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Henri Matisse View of Notre Dame View of Notre-Dame, 1914, Museum of Modern Art
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Henri Matisse French Window at Collioure French Window at Collioure, 1914. Art Institute of Chicago
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Henri Matisse Woman on a High Stool, Woman on a High Stool, 1914, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Henri Matisse The Yellow Curtain, The Yellow Curtain, 1915, Museum of Modern Art New York City
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Henri Matisse Odalisque with Raised Arms, Odalisque with Raised Arms, 1923, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
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Henri Matisse Woman in a Purple Coat Woman in a Purple Coat, 1937, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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Henri Matisse blue nude mk289 1906 oil on canvsa baltimore museum of art cone collection
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Henri Matisse music mk289 1939 oil on canvas albright knox art gallery buffalo
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Henri Matisse Ibe wbite iurban mk289 1916 oil on canvas 35x26cm private collction switzerland
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Henri Matisse woman bedoew a mirror mk289 1930 oil on canvas 46x55cm private collection
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Henri Matisse woman at tbe piano mk289 1925 oil on canvas 61x73.7cm private collection
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Henri Matisse stilleben med guldfiskar 1911
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Henri Matisse konstnaren och hans modell 1917
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Henri Matisse portratt av madame matisse 1913
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Henri Matisse kvinna i blatt 1913
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Henri Matisse notre-dame 1902
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Henri Matisse oppet fonster, collioure 1905
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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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