| Born: | December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau, France |
| Died: | November 3, 1954 in Nice, France |
| "Citrons sur une assiette en étain" | |
| "Lemons on a Pewter Plate" | 1926, reworked 1929, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 243 |
| Others at AIC: | "Bathers by a River", 1909, 1913, 1916, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 233 |
| "Interior at Nice", 1919 or 1920, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 243 | |
| (and more) | |
| Painting: | The figures are carefully modeled, but with vastly simplified surfaces composed of brilliant Fauvist colors in large areas. |
| Style/Period: | Post-Fauvist Simplification: Uses sensuous color, pattern and line to define space. |
| Education: | Trained in law in 1887, but turned to painting after appendicitis |
| 1891: Académie Julian, Paris | |
| Influences: | Papier Colle - compositions made of cutouts of colored paper |
| Geometry - Knowledge of shapes yielded great results | |
| French Riviera - Sensuous colors of environment reflected in his art | |
| Mental Control - Controlled the power of the Fauvist ideas | |
| Odalisque - French harem girls were the subject of a major series | |
| Contributions: | Bold areas of color - Leader of Fauvist movement |
| Context of shapes - Understood how shapes are effected by context | |
| Paper cutouts - Took medium to its highest level | |
| Museum: | Musée Matisse de Nice, Nice, France |
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