FAUVISM · ARTIST

Henri Matisse

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse
1869–1954 · French · Fauvism
The ringleader
Henri Matisse

When the critics jeered at a room of color slapped on raw, Matisse was the one they were really yelling at. He pushed pure pigment past anything that looked like a real sky or a real face, and the whole movement formed in his wake.

Featured works
Woman with a Hat
Woman with a Hat
1905
The Green Stripe
The Green Stripe
1905
The Joy of Life
The Joy of Life
1906
Luxe, calme et volupté
Luxe, calme et volupté
1904
Open Window, Collioure
Open Window, Collioure
1905
Blue Nude
Blue Nude
1907
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