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Henri Matisse The Music (mk35) 1910
La Musique
Oil on canvas 260 x 389 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Still Life with The Dance (mk35) 1909
Nature morte a La dance
Oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Nasturtiums in The Dance (I) (mk35) 1912
Capucines a La dance (I)
OIl on canvas 191.8 x 115.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
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Henri Matisse Nasturtiums in The Dance (II) (mk35) 1912
Capucines a "La dance" (II)
Oil on canvas 190.5 x 114 cm
Pushkin Museum,Moscow
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Henri Matisse Still Life with Blue Tablecoloth (mk35) 1909
Nature morte camaieu bleu
Oil on canvas 88 x 118 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse The Painter's Family (mk35) 1912
La famille du Peintre
Oil on canvas 143 x 194 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Portrait of Pierre Matisse (mk35) 1909
Portrait de Pierre Matisse
Oil on canvas 40.6 x 33 cm
Private collection
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Henri Matisse Portrait of Madame Matisse (mk35) 1912
Portrait de Madame Matisse
Oil on canvas 145 x 97 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse The Conversation (mk35) 1911
La conversation
Oil on canvas 177 x 217 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse The Red Studio (mk35) 1911
L'atelier rouge
Oil on canvas 191 x 219.1 cm
The Museum of Modern Art New York
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Henri Matisse Goldfish and Sculpture (mk35) 1911
Poissons rouges et sculpture
Oil on canvas 116.2 x 100.5 cm
The Museum of Modern Art,New York
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Henri Matisse The Goldfish (mk35) 1912
Les Poissons rouges
Oil on canvas 82 x 93.5 cm
Statens Museum for Kuns Copenhagen
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Henri Matisse The Standing Riffian (mk35) 1913
Le riffain debout
Oil on canvas 145 x 96.5 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Zorah Standing (mk35) 1912
Zorah debout
Oil on canvas 146 x 61 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Le Marabout (mk35) 1912-1913
Oil on canvas stuck to wood
21.5 x 27.5 cm
Private collection
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Henri Matisse THe Arab Cafe (mk35) 1913
Le Cafe Arabe
Glue Painting on canvas 176 x 210 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Amido (mk35) 1912
Oil and pastel on canvas 146.5 x 61.3 cm
Hermitage St Petersburg
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Henri Matisse Fatmah the Mulatto Woman (mk35) 1913
Fatmah la Mulatresse
Oil on cnavas 147 x 61 cm
Private collection
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Henri Matisse The Moroccans (mk35) 1916
Les Marocains
Oil on canvas 181.3 x 279.4 cm
The Museum of Modern Art New York
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Henri Matisse Zorah on the Terrace (mk35) 1912
Zorah sur la terrasse
Oil on canvas 116 x 100 cm
Pushkin Museum Moscow
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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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