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Matisse, Henri | Decoding His Color
Matisse pioneered a revolutionary use of color, refusing to accept that color must reflect the real world. Matisse moved around the wheel, using jarring colors to quickly become a ‘bad boy’ of French art.
Russian Artists
Repin, Ilya | Rembrandt of Russia
Ilya Repin, the most famous of all the Russian master painters, came from poor beginnings and rose to the height of success, giving him the ability to be equally sympathetic to all classes of people.
The Louvre Museum
The Louvre | Art and History of the Museum
American Artists
An Emotional Approach to Painting
Two contemporary artists, Cathy Locke and Jennifer Almodova, discuss an emotional approach to painting.
Russian Avant-Garde
Jack of Diamonds
The Birth of the Russian Avante-Garde started with an exhibition called the Jack of Diamonds. The name was first coined by the famous trouble maker Mikhail Larionov.