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'''Henri Matisse''' (], ] – ], ]) was a ] ].

Influenced by the works of ], ] ] and ], and also by traditional ], Matisse painted in the ] manner, and became known as a leader of that movement.

He painted with blaze of intense shades, flat shapes and controlled lines, with expression dominant over detail. He depicted mostly domestic scenes and figures.

Working in a number of modes, but principally as a ], Matisse was one of the few artists to achieve widespread fame during his lifetime.

He was born '''Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse''' in ], ], France, and grew up in ]. In ] he went to ] to study law, after which worked as a court administrator in ].

Following a bout of ] he took up painting during his convalescence. After recovering, he returned to Paris in ] to study art at the ] and studied under ] and ].

His work first exhibited in ], and his first solo exhibition was in ].

His fondess for bright and expressive colour became more pronounced after he moved southwards to the ] in ] to work with ]. The decline of the Fauvist movement after ] did not affect his work's rise in popularity. Matisse moved through the Fauvist style and created many of his best known works between ] and ] when he was an active amongst the artists gathered in ].

Matisse lived in ] on the ], now a suburb of the city of ], from ] until his death in ].

In ] he was diagnosed with ] and, following surgery he soon got around in a wheelchair. He continued to create, but when too weak to work at an easel, he created cut paper collages called ''papiers découpés'', often of some size.

In ], ''La robe persane'' sold for over ]17 million. In ], a Matisse sculpture, ''Reclining Nude I (Dawn),'' sold for ]9.2 million.

==Partial list of works==
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* ''L'Atelier Rose'' (])
* ''Zorah on the Terrace'' (])
* ''Le Rifain assis'' (])
* ''La lecon de musique'' (])
* ''The Painter and His Model'' (])
* ''Interior At Nice'' (])
* ''Odalisque with Raised Arms'' (])
* ''Yellow Odalisque'' (])
* ''Robe violette et Anemones'' (])
* ''Le Reve de 1940'' (])
* ''Deux fillettes, fond jaune et rouge'' (])
* ''Jazz'' (])
* ''Chapelle du Saint-Marie du Rosaire'' (], completed in ])
* ''Beasts of the Sea'' (])
* ''L'Escargot'' (])

==Resources==
* Hilary Spurling "The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse", Vol. 1, 1869-1908. London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1998, ISBNt 0679434283

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Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt (1906).

Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist.

Influenced by the works of Edouard Manet, Impressionists Paul Signac and Paul Cézanne, and also by traditional Japanese art, Matisse painted in the Fauvist manner, and became known as a leader of that movement.

He painted with blaze of intense shades, flat shapes and controlled lines, with expression dominant over detail. He depicted mostly domestic scenes and figures.

Working in a number of modes, but principally as a painter, Matisse was one of the few artists to achieve widespread fame during his lifetime.

He was born Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, and grew up in Bohain-en-Vermandois. In 1887 he went to Paris to study law, after which worked as a court administrator in Le Cateau-Cambrésis.

Following a bout of appendicitis he took up painting during his convalescence. After recovering, he returned to Paris in 1891 to study art at the Académie Julian and studied under Odilon Redon and Gustave Moreau.

His work first exhibited in 1901, and his first solo exhibition was in 1904.

His fondess for bright and expressive colour became more pronounced after he moved southwards to the French Riviera in 1905 to work with André Derain. The decline of the Fauvist movement after 1906 did not affect his work's rise in popularity. Matisse moved through the Fauvist style and created many of his best known works between 1906 and 1917 when he was an active amongst the artists gathered in Montparnasse.

Matisse lived in Cimiez on the French Riviera, now a suburb of the city of Nice, from 1917 until his death in 1954.

In 1941 he was diagnosed with cancer and, following surgery he soon got around in a wheelchair. He continued to create, but when too weak to work at an easel, he created cut paper collages called papiers découpés, often of some size.

In 2000, La robe persane sold for over US$17 million. In 2002, a Matisse sculpture, Reclining Nude I (Dawn), sold for US$9.2 million.

Partial list of works

Resources

  • Hilary Spurling "The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse", Vol. 1, 1869-1908. London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1998, ISBNt 0679434283
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