Matisse

[ ma-tees ]

noun

1. Hen·ri [ah, n, -, ree], 1869–1954, French painter.

Matisse

/ matis /

noun

1. MatisseHenri18691954MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1869–1954, French painter and sculptor; leader of Fauvism

Example Sentences

The Wooster Group collaborated with Foreman on the original production of “Symphony of Rats,” an occasion in which the Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse of New York’s downtown avant-garde performance scene teamed up.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s why it’s always been a particular favorite in art, from the walls of Pompeii to the works of Henri Matisse.

From Salon

It can strike you as quintessentially French, perhaps because it shares chromatic DNA with Matisse’s “Blue Nude” series of cutouts.

From New York Times

Likewise, some of the sunny yellow that Henri Matisse brushed between the reclining nudes in his painting "The Joy of Life" is now more of a drab beige.

From Science Daily

For whatever reason, a pejorative implication always shrouded decoration in the modern era — even around such an important artist as Matisse.

From Los Angeles Times