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A Contemplative Look at Henri Matisse
Title: A Contemplative Look at Henri Matisse
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 2151 | Pages: 9.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
A Contemplative Look at Henri Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French artist, leader of the Fauve group, regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art, and a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression. Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in northern France on December 31, 1869. The son of a middle-class family, he studied and began to practice law. In 1890, however, while recovering slowly from an attack of appendicitis, he …showed first 75 words of 2151 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2151 total…great surprise. Since 1941, Matisse experienced tremendous failing health, and had become bedridden often throughout many of his illnesses. His passing was deeply felt throughout the art community. He had been an important figure and idol to so many for so long. Even though it has been many years since the artist has died, his picture of dancers in celestial settings continue to baffle us and one often wonders if Matisse has ever really left us.
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