Henri Matisse ART FOR SALE

1869 Nice, France - 1954 Vence, France. Known for: Fauve modernist painting; sculpture.

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Henri Matisse came from a family who were of Flemish origin and lived near the Belgian border. At eight o'clock on the evening of December 31, 1869, he was born in his grandparents' home in the town of Le Cateau in the cheerless far north of France. His father was a self-made seed merchant who was a mixture of determination and tightly coiled tension. Henri had no clear idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was a twenty-year-old law clerk convalescing from appendicitis when he first began to paint, using a box of colors given to him by his mother. Little more than a year later, in 1890, he had abandoned law and was studying art in Paris. The classes consisted of drawing from plaster casts and nude models and of copying paintings... Read full biography

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Seated Woman in Oriental Dress

Type:Drawing

Size:18.75" x 13.25"

Medium:Pen and ink

Signed:Lower Left

Notes:

This drawing sold for $118,500 at the Skinner American & European Works of Art auction on May 15, 2009. Skinner is accepting consignments of all media for this artist. Call 508.970.3206

Price: SOLD

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Corbeille d'ananas et fruits

Type:Drawing

Year:1926

Size:18.00" x 24.00"

Medium:Charcoal

Signed:Signed and Dated

Notes:

An important drawing, Charcoal & Estompe, registered #W117 archives of the artist. Certificate of authenticity from Wanda de Guebriantm, Paris 27/7/2002

Price: Please contact David David Gallery