Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was the leading French artist of the 20th century. Particularly noted for his striking use of colour, Matisse is one of the very few indisputable giants of modern art, alongside Picasso and Kandinsky.

Partial list of works

• Notre-Dame, une fin d'après-midi (1902),
• Green Stripe (1905),
• The Open Window (1905),
• Le bonheur de vivre (1906),
• Madras Rouge (1907),
• ' (1908),
• The Conversation (1909),
• Dance (1910),
• L'Atelier Rose (1911),
• Zorah on the Terrace (1912),
• Le Rifain assis (1912),
• La lecon de musique (1917),
• The Painter and His Model (1917),
• Interior At Nice (1920),
• Odalisque with Raised Arms (1923),
• Yellow Odalisque (1926),
• Robe violette et Anemones (1937),
• Le Reve de 1940 (1940),
• Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge (1947),
• Jazz (1947),
• The Plum Blossoms (1948),
• Chapelle du Saint-Marie du Rosaire (1948, completed in 1951),
• Beasts of the Sea (1950),