Matisse

Matisse, Henri

(1869-1954)

Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) The principal artist of the Fauve group, Matisse
was strongly influenced by Impressionism. In 1910, he saw the exhibition of
Near Eastern art at Munich and it is clear that this highly decorative and
brilliantly colored art had a deep and lasting influence on him, particularly
in his development of flat patterns with flowered backgrounds and in his use of
brilliant and pure colors. In 1914 he went to Nice for the winter, to remain
for most of the rest of his life on the Riviera, where he painted the still
life subjects that are his main work.

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