Henri Matisse

 December 31, 1869 - November 3, 1954

Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist known for both his use of color 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 and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who defined the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts throughout the opening decades of the Twentieth Century, as well as for his significant developments in painting and sculpture. Although initially labeled a Fauvist, by the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of color and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.

Woman With a Hat ; 1905

Madras Rouge (The Red Turban) ; 1907

Portrait de Famille (The Music Lesson) ; 1917-1918