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t, borrowing from the esteemed artistic styles of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Pissarro, and Gauguin. By 1905, Matisse mastered his own style, employing bold vivid colors and broad-brush strokes. As Matisse became more experimental with his color pallet, his works were widely regarded as wild and daring.

In 1906, Matisse completed one of his most highly respected paintings, "The Joy of Life." This masterpiece is acclaimed as one of the most important works of the Twentieth Century. Interestingly enough, this painting was hidden away from the public eye for over 70 years, until the Barnes Foundation put it up for display in 1993.

Finally, in 1941 Matisse underwent abdominal cancer surgery which greatly affected his health, putting an end to his painting. No longer able to stand at an easel, he continued his expression of color through vivid paper cut-outs, employing the same strong colors and unique compositions that were common in his paintings.

Henri Matisse Early Life
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse one of the influential painters of twenty century was born on 31st December, 1869 in Le Cateau, france. This French artist was popular for using vibrant colors in painting, introduced new form of art. He was the first child of Emile Hippolyte Matisse and Anna Gérard. His father was a grain merchant. Belonging form a middle class family, Henri finished his school in saint-quentin and lated he was sent to Paris to study law. After studying law, he returned to his home town started a job as a law clerk.

Unlike most of artist he was a late bloomer, who developed his artistic skill very later in his life. He met with his new passion accidently in 1889 when his mother gave him painting items to keep him occupied during convalescence from appendicitis. During this period he realized that nothing interests him more than painting. He wanted to become an artist and wanted to pursue it as a career. To accomplish his dream he joined morning art classes whilst carrying out his job in law. After a year, in 1891 ,he moved to Paris to study at art school. He studied art for nearly a decade from 1891-1900. Although his father disapproved his new career still he sent allowances to his son. He studied for three years under a French artist Gastave Moreau, who taught him to develop his own style. Initially, he painted still life art and traditional forms of landscape. Later he specialized in Japanese form of art.

While studying at Art school he married Caroline Jolaud. The couple separated in 1897. In 1897 he married Amelie Parayre who posed for many of his paintings.

During 1905-1908, Matisse along with his group discovered various techniques which were bold and used intense colors .This new technique of art was named as Fauvism which means ‘wild Beast”. He was considered to be king of fauvism. He kept trying his luck with new techniques of art form despite of various criticisms. His art form was highly influenced by Gauguin, Van Gogh and Cezanne. The Cubism movement which included geometric form of art influenced Matisse’s art during 1913- 1918.

He made his breakthrough in 1919, by then he became an internationally known figure in art world. He exhibited his paintings in various countries. In 1939, he separated from Amelie.

His Last project took four years to finish in 1951, which was designing interior, the glass windows of Chapelle de vence. This project was fulfilled with inspiration of his sister whom he hired as a nurse. Matisse finished this project in wheel chair. The design included fine work of color-cutout technique, stained glass windows.

At an age of 81 Matisse died of a heart attack on November 3, 1954.This French artist will always be remembered for his innovative art forms. He was also a skilled printmaker, draughtsman and sculptor. He is regarded as revolutionary painter along with Picasso and Duchamp, who defined new art form in plastic art during twentieth century and brought significant development in sculptures and paintings during that period.