Henri Matisse was a French painter, draftsman, sculptor, and printmaker. Known for his use of color, his work is regarded as responsible for laying the foundation for modern plastic arts, along with the work of Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp.

Portrait of Madame Matisse (The Green Line) The Green Stripe (La Raie Verte), often known as Madame Matisse’s Portrait. The Green Line is a portrait of Henri Matisse’s wife, Amélie Noellie Matisse-Parayre, by Henri Matisse.

Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark. This is an incomplete list of works by the French modern artist Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954). He is admired for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship.

Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 - 3 November 1954), one of the undisputed masters of 20th century art, was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but …

Oct 1, 2004 · His varied subjects comprised landscape, still life, portraiture, domestic and studio interiors, and particularly focused on the female figure. Initially trained as a lawyer, Matisse developed an interest in art only at age twenty-one.

Title: Self-portrait (Autoportrait) Artist: Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice) Date: 1906. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 21 5/8 × 18 1/8 in. (55 × 46 cm) Frame: 31 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 4 3/4 in. (80.4 × 72.7 × 12 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: SMK, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen (KMSr78)

Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colorist of the 20 th century and as a rival to Pablo Picasso in the importance of his innovations. He emerged as a Post-Impressionist, and first achieved prominence as the leader of the French movement Fauvism.

Artist: Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869–1954 Nice) Date: 1944. Medium: Lithograph, printed chine collé. Edition: 49/50. Dimensions: 21 1/4 × 15 in. (54 × 38.1 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, 2002. Object Number: 2002.456.145.

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