From Fauve colors to Cubist compositions, studio-assisted cut-outs and numerous naked women, few artists have shaped our idea of modernism as much as Henri Matisse. Born on New Year’s Eve 1869 ...

Matisse, for his “Woman with Hat,” a portrait ... dull sugar-beet fields of the north. When Henri was nearly eighteen, the family managed to send him to Paris to study law—which was the ...

Henri Matisse (French pronunciation: ; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman ...

I saw work by Henri Matisse (1869-1954 ... sea, light and colour to make it his own. Polynesia also gave Matisse the technique of tivaevae – traditional Polynesian appliqué fabric – which ...