Noun
French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954)
Source: WordNetEurope belongs to Picasso, Matisse and many others, India belongs only to me. Amrita Sher-Gil
Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten. Howard Hodgkin
When I first saw the work of Matisse I knew that was for me. Robert Motherwell
Their forms had no more influence on me than they did on Matisse. Or Derain. But for them, the masks were sculptures like all others. When Matisse showed me his first African head, he spoke to me of Egyptian art. Pablo Picasso
In the Soviet Union, he knew, great art hangs in public galleries. No scholars, no men and women waiting to mend their souls before a Raphael or a Matisse need wait, cap in hand at the mansion door. George Steiner
Picasso was wild about it and said it was one of the best things I have ever made. [on Miro's exhibition in Paris, 1938 where he showed a big frieze, made for a children's room; commissioned by art-dealer Pierre Matisse in New York]. Joan Miró