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HENRI MATISSE French 1869-1954 Oil on Canvas

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HENRI MATISSE French 1869-1954 Oil on Canvas
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Oil on canvas. Featuring abstract theme artwork. Signed and attr. Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) on lower right margin. 18.9 x 18.5 in. (48 x 47 cm). Henri Matisse was one of the most influential French artists of the 20th century. Matisse’s lyrical colors, inventive figuration, and use of decorative patterns helped redefine many of the formal tenets of painting. “What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject-matter,” he once said. Born Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France, he took to art relatively late in life after initially pursuing law. First studying painting under Gustave Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts, he soon adopted the Pointillist ideas espoused by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. PROVENANCE: Central European estate