Henri Matisse, December 31, 1869–November 3, 1954, was a French artist known chiefly as a painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and designer. He studied law before turning to art, attending the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied with Gustave Moreau.
Matisse exhibited with the artists called the Fauves and became one of the principal figures of early twentieth-century modern art. His work encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, book illustration, stage design, ceramics and, during his later years, compositions made from gouache-painted cut paper.
Major collections of his work are held by the Centre Pompidou, the Museum of Modern Art, the State Hermitage Museum, the Barnes Foundation, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée Matisse in Nice.
Henri Matisse, May 13, 1913
Photogravure, 7.5 × 6.1 in
National Portrait Gallery, London
Red Madras Headdress, 1907
Oil on canvas, 39.4 × 31.9 in
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
Still Life with Asphodels, 1907
Oil on canvas, 45.9 × 35 in
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Vase, c 1907
Ceramic
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
Corner of the Artist’s Studio, 1912
Oil on canvas, 75.4 × 44.9 in
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Moroccan in Green, 1913
Oil on canvas, 57.7 × 38.5 in
State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Head of Lorette, 1916
Oil on panel, 8.6 × 6.1 in
Private Collection
Bowl of Apples on a Table, 1916
Oil on canvas, 45.2 × 35.2 in
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
The Artist’s Garden at Issy, c 1917
Oil on canvas, 51.4 × 35.2 in
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland
Interior with a Violin, 1918
Oil on canvas, 35 × 45.7 in
National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
The Promenade, 1919
Oil on canvas board, 13 × 16 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Ballet Dancer / Harmony in Grey, 1927
Oil on canvas, 21.3 × 18.5 in
Private Collection
The Blue Blouse, 1936
Oil on canvas, 36.2 × 23.6 in
Kunstmuseum Bern
Portrait of Marguerite, 1906
Ink on paper
Private Collection
Head of a Woman, c 1918
Ink on paper, 14.2 × 10.6 in
Private Collection
Odalisque, Nice, January 26, 1931
Pen and India ink on paper, 11 × 15 in
Private Collection
Portrait of Claude Duthuit, 1945
Charcoal on paper
Private Collection
Black and Purple Arabesques on an Orange Background, 1947
Gouache on cut paper laid down on card, 15.7 × 10.4 in
Private Collection
Blue Nude III, 1952
Gouache-painted paper cutouts on paper, 44.1 × 28.9 in
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Exhibition Poster, 1953
Color lithograph on paper, 25.3 × 19.4 in
Sörmland Museum, Nyköping, Sweden
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