Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 at Le Cateau-Cambresis in France. His father was a prosperous grain merchant and his mother was an artistic woman who made hats and paints of China. He married Amelie Parayre from Toulouse, France in 1898. They had two sons.
Henri was never interested in art while he was growing up. His father expected him to either work at their store or become a lawyer. So Henri chose to go to Law school but found it really boring. One day his mother gave him a box of paints so he would have something to do. Suddenly he was no longer bored. Henri found out he loved to paint. He got a job as an assistant lawyer. He took some art courses before going to work and was spending more and more time drawing and painting. He decided to become a full time artist.
Henri went to study art at a famous art school in Paris, France. He worked very hard studying all the things needed to become a good artist. He also took up a municipal evening course in sculpture. He was not a popular student and many didn't like him. Henri did not like the way they taught art in the school. He had a style of his own. One of his teachers took special interest in him. His name was Gustave Moreau. He felt that Henri had great talent and that he would become a great artist someday.
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Danseuse au Fateuil en Bois
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Odalisque Au Magnolia
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Hindoue à la Jupe de Tulle
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Et II Faudra Mourir Sans Avoir Tué Le
Original linocut printed in black ink on white Rives wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches
Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
1944
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Portrait de Angéle Lamotte
Original lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper with the "marais" watermark.
Sheetsize: 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
1943
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Figure Dans un Interieur
Original lithograph printed in black ink on Japan paper.
Image size: 18 7/8 x 12 9/16
Sheet size: 25 11/16 x 18 11/16 inches
1925
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Jeune Femme, La Cordeliére
de son Peignoir en Collier
Original etching printed in black ink on Chine appliqué (China paper backed with stiff Arches wove paper).
Platemark: 5 1/1 6x 7 1/16
Sheet size: 11 1/4 x 15 inches
1929
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Nue Assise, Mains Aux Genoux
(Seated Nude, Hand on Knees)
Original etching printed in black ink on chine appliqué (China paper backed with stiff Arches wove paper).
Platemark: 8 1/16 x 6
Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches
1929
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Et Il Faudra Mourir Sans Avoir (Variant viii)
Original linocut printed in black ink on white Rives wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches
Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
1944
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Jeune Haitienne
Original lithograph printed in brown ink on Japan paper.
Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches
1954
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Visage
Original lithograph printed in brown ink on Japan paper.
Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches
1954
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Iles
Original lithograph printed in brown ink on Arches wove paper, with a watermark designed by the artist of a women's profile.
Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches
1954
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Frontispiece (John-Antoine Nau)
Original lithograph printed in brown ink on Arches wove paper, with a watermark designed by the artist of a women's profile.
Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches
1954
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Chant de Minos Frontispiece (Variant I)
Original linocut printed in black ink on white Rives wove paper. From the edition of 100, numbered "96/100" in pencil in the lower left corner of the sheet
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches
Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
1944
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Et Je Me Reposerai Enfin
Dans Le Rien (Variant II)
Original linocut printed in black ink on white Rives wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches
Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches inches
1944
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Ornements, Bandeaux Et
Culs-de-lam (Variant X)
Original linocut printed in red ink on white Rives wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 inches
Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
1944
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Jeune Fille Aux Boucles Brunes
(Girl with Brown Curls)
Original lithograph printed in black ink on cream tinted Arches wove paper.
Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 3/16
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches
1924
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Hindoue à la Jupe de Tulle
(Hindu Woman with Tulle Skirt)
Original lithograph printed in black ink on China paper.
Image size: 11 3/1 6x 14 15/16
Sheet size: 16 7/16 x 20 7/16 inches
1929
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…Ténèbres De Moi-Même, Je
(...my darkness, I give myself up to you...)
Original linocut printed in black ink on wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 inches
Sheet size: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16 inches
1944
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...Mais Soudain Le Soeil,
Secouant Sa Crinire...
(...but suddenly the sun,
shaking its mane...)
Original linocut printed in black ink on wove paper.
Image size: 9 11/16 x 7 inches
Sheet size: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16 inches
1944
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...On Dirait Qu'elle Ne M'a Jamais Vue...
(...it would be said that she never saw me...)
Original linocut printed in black ink on wove paper.
Image size: 9 11/16 x 6 7/8 inches
Sheet size: 12 13/16 x 9 9/16 inches
1944
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... L'angoisse Qui S'amasse
en Frappant Sous to Gorge...
(...the anguish ammasses
striking under the throat...)
Original linocut printed in black ink on wove paper.
Image size: 9 5/8 x 7 inches
Sheet size: 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches
1944
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La Chute D'Icare
Original lithograph printed in four colors (blue, yellow, red, black) on wove paper.
Sheet and image size:
13 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches
1943
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Chant de Minos Frontispiece (Variant 1)
Linocut printed in black ink
on white Rives wove paper
1944
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