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Henri Matisse · 1903
Henri Matisse: 1869–1954
Other names (7)
Anri Matiss, Henri Emile Benoit Matisse, Henri-Matisse, H. Matisse, Matisse, matisse h., matisse henri
Biography
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwa matis]; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the artists who best helped to define the revolutionary developments in the visual arts throughout the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpture.
The intensity of colour in the works he painted between 1900 and 1905 brought him notoriety as one of the Fauves (French for "wild beasts"). Many of his finest works were created in the decade or so after 1906, when he developed a rigorous style that emphasized flattened forms and decorative pattern. In 1917, he relocated to a suburb of Nice on the French Riviera, and the more relaxed style of his work during the 1920s gained him critical acclaim as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.
After 1930, he adopted a bolder simplification of form. When ill health in his final years prevented him from painting, he created an important body of work in the medium of cut paper collage.
His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art.
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Influenced by
- Gustave Moreaudocumented
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Matisse subsequently studied with Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Edvard Muncheditorial inference
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- Emmanuel Croizéeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Paul Gauguindocumented
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The museum identifies Gauguin among Matisse's principal artistic influences. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship.
- Pierre-Auguste Renoirdocumented
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The museum identifies Renoir among Matisse's principal artistic influences. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship.
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingreseditorial inference
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- Jean-Antoine Watteaueditorial inference
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- Paul Cézannedocumented
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The museum identifies Cézanne among Matisse's principal artistic influences. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship.
- William-Adolphe Bouguereaudocumented
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Matisse trained with Bouguereau at the Académie Julian. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Alfred Sisleyeditorial inference
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Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Eugène Carrièreeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
Later influence
- Man Rayeditorial inference
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- Max Pechsteineditorial inference
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- Martiros Saryaneditorial inference
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- Astrid Holmeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Yiannis Tsaroychisdocumented
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The museum names Matisse as an artistic influence. The cited museum text was read and supports this relationship.
- Per Krohgeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Marc Chagalleditorial inference
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- Tom Wesselmanneditorial inference
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- Lee Krasnereditorial inference
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- Ēduard Artsrunyaneditorial inference
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- Albert Irvineditorial inference
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The cited biography explicitly attributes artistic influence or inspiration to the named painter(s); retained as a secondary-source assertion. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Wifredo Lameditorial inference
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- Anne Redpatheditorial inference
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- Nicholas Roericheditorial inference
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- Ludvig Karsteneditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Axel Revoldeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Matthew Smitheditorial inference
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- Patrick Henry Bruceeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified. Teaching is recorded separately and does not itself establish artistic influence.
- Juan Griseditorial inference
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- Fernand Légereditorial inference
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- Carlos Nadaleditorial inference
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- Balcomb Greeneeditorial inference
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- Theodor Palladyeditorial inference
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Wikidata assertion retained for review; its references, if supplied, have not been independently verified.
- Nicolas de Staëleditorial inference
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The biography explicitly names the listed painter(s) as an influence; retained as a secondary-source assertion. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Guan Zilaneditorial inference
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- Wassily Kandinskyeditorial inference
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- Karel Appeleditorial inference
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- Bernard Karfioleditorial inference
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- Beauford Delaneyeditorial inference
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Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Henri Matisse. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- musée Henri Matisse — Le Cateau-Cambrésis186 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago173 recorded works
- musée Matisse — Nice173 recorded works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art130 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art72 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)64 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art45 recorded works
- Museum of Modern Art27 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art26 recorded works
- Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts18 recorded works
- musée d'art moderne — Céret14 recorded works
- Tate10 recorded works
- Musée de l’Orangerie8 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts — Bordeaux8 recorded works
- L’Annonciade, musée d’art moderne de Saint-Tropez — Saint-Tropez6 recorded works
- musée Fabre — Montpellier6 recorded works
- Musée d'art moderne de Paris4 recorded works
- Hermitage Museum2 recorded works
- MuMa - Musée d’art moderne André Malraux2 recorded works
- musée d'Art Moderne — Troyes2 recorded works
- musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie — Besançon2 recorded works
- musée Malraux — Le Havre2 recorded works
- Villa Necchi Campiglio2 recorded works
- Buffalo AKG Art Museum1 recorded work
- musée Cantini — Marseille1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts Antoine Lécuyer — Saint-Quentin1 recorded work
- Musée d’Orsay1 recorded work
- Musée National d'Art Moderne1 recorded work
- National Gallery1 recorded work
- The Barnes Foundation1 recorded work
Sources 12
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
- musée Matisse — Nice
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- musée Malraux — Le Havre
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)