Russell Collection Inventory

Henri Mattise was a French painter and sculptor who was the primary figure in a group of artists known as the Fauves, as well as a creative genius who had a major influence on the evolution of Twentieth Century painting. In the 1890’s, Matisse studied in Paris as a pupil of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His style, while deceptively simple, employed a perfection of line to suggest the subject. He is best known for his still-lifes, nudes, images of women and abstractions. Matisse produced a large body of graphic work that included etchings, drypoints, woodcuts, lithographs, monotypes, and aquatints, as well as many book illustrations. One of his greatest achievements occurred during his later years when, as an invalid, he began his highly acclaimed series of “cut-out” collages, which he called “drawings with scissors.” He was honored with the Grand Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1950, and has consistently been exhibited in the world’s finest galleries and museums.

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