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Artist: MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954)

MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954) ( IMAGES FINE ART, LONDON gallery ) - famous
MATISSE, Henri (FR)

Henri Matisse was born at Le Cateau-Cambrésis in the North of France on December 31, 1869. His parents, Emile Matisse and Héloise Gérars, had a general store selling household goods and seed. Henri planned on a legal career, and in 1887/88 studied law in Paris, in 1889 he was employed as a clerk in a solicitor’s office. It was in 1890 that he was first attracted to painting. Confined to his bed for nearly a year (1890) after an intestinal operation, he chose drawing as a pastime. His hobby got the better of him and painting became his career. The long years of learning followed: in 1891 Matisse studied under Bouguereau at the Académie Julian, and in 1892 transferred unofficially to Gustave Moreau’s studio at the Ecole Beaux-Arts, where he met Marquet, at the same time attended the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs.

Artworks:

1. Deux Femmes en Costumes de Ville
   Figurative | original etching | 1900
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2. Olivares
   Etching | original etching | 1914
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