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Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

French, 1869 – 1954
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Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.

Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.

The intense colourism of the works he painted between 1900 and 1905 brought him notoriety as one of the Fauves (French for "wild beasts"). Many of his finest works were created in the decade or so after 1906, when he developed a rigorous style that emphasized flattened forms and decorative pattern. In 1917, he relocated to a suburb of Nice on the French Riviera, and the more relaxed style of his work during the 1920s gained him critical acclaim as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. After 1930, he adopted a bolder simplification of form. When ill health in his final years prevented him from painting, he created an important body of work in the medium of cut paper collage.

His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

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Red Madras Headdress (Le Madras rouge)

Red Madras Headdress (Le Madras rouge) (1907)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Domino Players

Domino Players (1921)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
The Venetian Blinds (Les Persiennes)

The Venetian Blinds (Les Persiennes) (1919)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Still Life with Gourds (Nature morte aux coloquintes)

Still Life with Gourds (Nature morte aux coloquintes) (1916)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
Young Girl on a Balcony over the Ocean (Jeune fille au balcon sur la mer)

Young Girl on a Balcony over the Ocean (Jeune fille au balcon sur la mer) (1918)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Woman Reclining

Woman Reclining (1921)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Moorish Woman (The Raised Knee) (Femme mauresque (Le Genou levé))

Moorish Woman (The Raised Knee) (Femme mauresque (Le Genou levé)) (1922-1923)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
The Music Lesson

The Music Lesson (1917)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Woman and Screen (La Femme au paravent)

Woman and Screen (La Femme au paravent) (1919)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Young Woman before an Aquarium (Jeune fille devant un aquarium)

Young Woman before an Aquarium (Jeune fille devant un aquarium) (1921-1922)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of Life

Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of Life (1905-1906)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
High Tide (Pleine mer)

High Tide (Pleine mer) (1920)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Landscape
Studio with Goldfish (L’Atelier aux poissons rouges)

Studio with Goldfish (L’Atelier aux poissons rouges) (1912)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
Blue Still Life (Nature morte bleue)

Blue Still Life (Nature morte bleue) (1907)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Still Life
The Green Dress (La Robe verte)

The Green Dress (La Robe verte) (1919)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Interior with Two Figures, Open Window

Interior with Two Figures, Open Window (1922)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Three Sisters with an African Sculpture (Les Trois soeurs à la sculpture africaine)

Three Sisters with an African Sculpture (Les Trois soeurs à la sculpture africaine) (1917)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Chinese Casket (Le Coffret chinois)

Chinese Casket (Le Coffret chinois) (1922)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Seated Riffian (Le Rifain assis)

Seated Riffian (Le Rifain assis) (1912)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Three Sisters with Grey Background (Les Trois soeurs sur fond gris)

Three Sisters with Grey Background (Les Trois soeurs sur fond gris) (1917)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Head of a Young Girl (Tête de fillette)

Head of a Young Girl (Tête de fillette) (1917)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Three Sisters and ‘The Rose Marble Table’ (Les Trois soeurs à ‘La Table de marbre rose’)

Three Sisters and ‘The Rose Marble Table’ (Les Trois soeurs à ‘La Table de marbre rose’) (1917)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Reclining Odalisque (Nu étendu)

Reclining Odalisque (Nu étendu) (1928)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
Blue Villa

Blue Villa (1918)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Landscape
Standing Nude near Window

Standing Nude near Window (1919-1920)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Figurative
The clown

The clown (1947)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
The circus

The circus (1947)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
Monsieur Loyal

Monsieur Loyal (1947)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
The nightmare of the white elephant

The nightmare of the white elephant (1947)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
The horse, the rider and the clown

The horse, the rider and the clown (1947)

Henri Matisse (French, 1869 – 1954)
Abstract
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