Henri Matisse

(1869-1954) French painter and sculptor, leader of the Fauvist movement

Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954) was a French artist, noted for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting. His mastery of the expressive language of color and drawing is apparent, in a body of work spanning over a half-century, and won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.
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Noun
1. French painter and sculptor; leading figure of Fauvism (1869-1954)
(synonym) Matisse, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse
(hypernym) painter

Henri Matisse, (1869-1954), French painter and sculptor

n. Henri Matisse (1869-1954), French painter and sculptor, leader of the Fauvist movement; family name