Henri E. Matisse's Harmony in Red, was painted towards the end of the Fauvist movement in 1908. ... Artists of the movement included Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Raoul Duffy, Jean Puy and of course, Henri Matisse, the founding father of Fauvism. ... Later on, the pointillist technique used by Henri Edmond Cross and Paul Signac also proved to have a great influence on his work. ... This characteristic is one of Matisse's personal techniques. ...

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Henri Matisse, celebrated as one of this century's greatest colorists, is also now recognized for the brilliant invention he brought to his sculptural compositions. ... In 1899, Matisse was introduced to André Derain, who in turn introduced him to Maurice de Vlaminck. ... Matisse's first sculptures were created during his student years. ... By 1900 Matisse had begun more ambitious compositions. ... The Backs are Matisse's most radical works in bronze. ...

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It was a short-lived art movement (1905-1908) that was adopted by a group of French painters: Henri Matisse, George Roualt, Claude Derain, Maurice de Vlamink, Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, Albert Marquet, and Kees van Dongen (a Dutch painter living in Paris). ... Only Matisse continued to experiment with it after 1908; the other painters launched into their own unique visions, such as Cubism, the movement immediately following Fauvism. ...

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Africans have inspired many people to change their way of thinking about art. People before being introduced to African arts thought that the end product had to portray the object exactly as it was in the real world. When people began exploring African art they became fascinated with the way tha...

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Henri Matisses" Red Room defines Fauvism. Matisses" manner of depiction of middle class domesticity was considered highly revolutionary, especially in the way he assigned intense colors to objects arbitrarily and not according to their appearance in nature. ...

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The artists who formed the Post-Impressionist movement were Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ... The main players in the fauvist movement were Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault, Albert Marquet and late comer Georges Braque. ...

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After visiting the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston for the first time, I observed many interesting works of art representing various time periods. Of all the paintings that I saw today, two landscaped pieces seemed to stick out in my mind; Andre Derain's The Turning Road and Thomas Hart Benton's Hay...

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