Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in the French Le Cateau-Cambrésis.

As a young man he finished at first a law study. After an appendicitis Henri Matisse began during the hospitalisation with the painting.

Henri Matisse became 1892 pupils of the symbolist Gustave Moreau. During this time in Paris Henri Matisse copied primarily the old masters, then turned, nevertheless, to the impressionism. Besides, his models were the painters Cezanne and Gauguin. Henri Matisse was stimulated by her late-impressionistic style to his own extremely coloured works.

Although the paintings look extremely brightly Red limited itself Henri Matisse on the ground colours, on blue and green. He left room complete except Eight. With these principles Matisse created the new art school of the Fauvism.

Before all things Henri Matisse painted significant still life, but also sceneries and interiors. Especially also his paintings are known by people, in particular women.

In his late work the painter dealt more and more with large-size compositions. Thus he painted, for example, the wall paintings of a minster in Nice.

Up to his death in 1954 Henri Matisse dealt with the art, thus, for example, with his famous scissors cuts of the last years.