What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
— Henri Matisse Modern

Fauvist painter

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Notes of a Painter

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1908

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Strange & Unusual

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