When Henri Matisse sent “Le Bonheur de vivre” to ... scene for six months and had done numerous studies for it—drawings, watercolors and oil sketches. He had even prepared a full-size ...

How did André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac and Henri Matisse fare in Paris during ... used a vivid palette in their paintings, inspired by Matisse’s bold harmonies. Overall, ...

You can sense the sheer pleasure, the delight in his sun-drenched paintings. The poet Guillaume Apollinaire said it well: “Like the orange, Henri Matisse’s paintings are the fruit of dazzling ...