Henri Matisse, a master of art in the first half of this century, was born in 1869 in Le Cateaux-Cambrage, Northern France. Throughout his life, he was active in a wide variety of fields including not only painting but also graphics, crafts, and sculpture.

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A feast of bright colors with high purity that extends to every corner of the screen.Expressing Matisse's art, "A man named Matisse has a sun in his tummy," said Picasso.There is a mysterious world of quietness, balance and harmony.

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"What I dream of is art of equilibrium, pure and quiet art, without worries or concerns," Matisse said. Matisse aiming at "art like an armchair". In this sense he was exactly French.