a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
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Born
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse 31 December 1869 Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
Died
3 November 1954 (aged 84) Nice, France
Known for
Painting printmaking sculpture drawing collage
Spouse(s)
Amélie Noellie Parayre ( m. 1898; div. 1939)
adultbasic
France
Children
3
Education
Académie Julian, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau
era
1800+
Movement
Fauvism, Modernism, Post-Impressionism
Notable work
Woman with a Hat (1905) The Joy of Life (1906) Nu bleu (1907) La Danse (1909) L'Atelier Rouge (1911)
Patron(s)
Sergei Shchukin, Gertrude Stein, Etta Cone, Claribel Cone, Sarah Stein, Albert C. Barnes