Henri Émile Benoît Matisse; 12/31/1869 – 11/3/1954 was a French visual artist, known for both his use of color, his fluid and original draughtsmanship, and is included in the Fauvist, Modernist, Post-Impressionist movements.
Fauvism: expressing emotion with wild, often dissonant colors, without regard for the subject's natural colors.
Modernism: A break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression.
Post-Impressionism: Emerged as a reaction against Impressionists' concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and color.
Most important: He liked cats!
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| Girl With Black Cat, 1910. |
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| Blue Cat, cutout from 1940's |
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| Unable to find a date for this photograph. |
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| Cat With Red Fish, 1914 |
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| The artist with his cat, 1951. |
