MATISSE, HenriA Glimpse Of Notre-Dame In The Late Afternoon1902 Oil on canvas, 54 x 72 cm Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

MATISSE, HenriA Glimpse Of Notre-Dame In The Late Afternoon (detail)1902 Oil on canvas, 54 x 72 cm Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

MATISSE, HenriA Glimpse Of Notre-Dame In The Late Afternoon (detail)1902 Oil on canvas, 54 x 72 cm Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

MATISSE, HenriA Glimpse Of Notre-Dame In The Late Afternoon (detail)1902 Oil on canvas, 54 x 72 cm Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

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MATISSE, HenriDance (II)1910 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriDance (II) (detail)1910 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriDance (II) (detail)1910 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriDance (II) (detail)1910 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriDance (II) (detail)1910 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriThe Conversation1908-1912Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriThe Conversation (detail)1908-1912Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriThe Conversation (detail)1908-1912Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriThe Conversation (detail)1908-1912Oil on canvasThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriMusic1910Oil on canvas, 389 x 260 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriMusic (detail)1910Oil on canvas, 389 x 260 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriMusic (detail)1910Oil on canvas, 389 x 260 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriMusic (detail)1910Oil on canvas, 389 x 260 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriInterior With A Bowl With Red Fish1914 Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cmMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriInterior With A Bowl With Red Fish Detail)1914 Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cmMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriInterior With A Bowl With Red Fish Detail)1914 Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cmMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriInterior With A Bowl With Red Fish Detail)1914 Oil on canvas, 147 x 97 cmMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriWoman With A Hat1905 Oil on canvas, 80,56 x 59,69 cmMuseum of Modern Art, San Francisco

MATISSE, HenriWoman With A Hat (detail)1905 Oil on canvas, 80,56 x 59,69 cmMuseum of Modern Art, San Francisco

MATISSE, HenriWoman With A Hat (detail)1905 Oil on canvas, 80,56 x 59,69 cmMuseum of Modern Art, San Francisco

MATISSE, HenriThe Joy Of Life1905-1906 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

MATISSE, HenriThe Joy Of Life (detail)1905-1906 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

MATISSE, HenriThe Joy Of Life (detail)1905-1906 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

MATISSE, HenriThe Joy Of Life (detail)1905-1906 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

MATISSE, HenriThe Joy Of Life (detail)1905-1906 Oil on canvas, 241 x 175 cm The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania

MATISSE, HenriHarmony in Red (The Red Room)1908 Oil on canvas, 220 x 180 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriHarmony in Red (The Red Room) (detail)1908 Oil on canvas, 220 x 180 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriHarmony in Red (The Red Room) (detail)1908 Oil on canvas, 220 x 180 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriHarmony in Red (The Red Room) (detail)1908 Oil on canvas, 220 x 180 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

MATISSE, HenriStill life with an orange (detail)1899Oil on canvas, 56 x 73 cm Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

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MATISSE, Henri-Émile-Benoît

Henri Matisse, French artist, known for his use of color to convey emotional expression, and his fluid, direct and original painting style.

As a printmaker, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century. His mastery of the expressive language of color and drawing won him recognition as a leading

figure in modern art.

Early in his career, he was the leader of the Fauvist movement, a painting style which focused on pure colors used in an aggressive and direct manner. Matisse believed the arrangement of colors was as important as a painting's subject matter to communicate meaning. He avoided detail, instead using

bright color and strong lines to create a sense of movement.

Although intellectually sophisticated, Matisse always emphasized the importance of instinct and intuition in the production of a work of art. He argued that an artist did not have complete control over

color and form; instead, colors, shapes, and lines would come to dictate to the sensitive artist how they might be employed in relation to one another.

He often emphasized his joy in abandoning himself to the play of the forces of color and design, and he explained the rhythmic, but distorted, forms of many of his figures in terms of the working out of a total

artistic harmony.