Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
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Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis in the northern region of France in 1869.When he was 19 he became very sick and was nursed by his mother during which time she gave him paint and from then forth he wanted to be a artist. His early work was much more ordinary when compared to his later work. His early work seemed to reflect of the environment but when he moved to the south of France and was taken away of the color that was there which began his works that have color. Matisse was refereed as a "bad boy" of modern art since his work was so different from what else was being produced at the time. regardless of this he continued to gain popularity. In the 1940's Matisse underwent surgery for his cancer and after he gained a new outlook of life as well as a new take on his art with cutouts rather than traditional painting. Before his death in 1954 he last great work was a church he fully designed in the town