Sculpture and Persian Vase

Henri Matisse A Life Immersed in Color: The World of Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse, born December 31, 1869, in the small northern French town of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, wasn’t destined for a life steeped in pigment and form. Initially pursuing law in Paris after secondary school, his path dramatically altered following an attack of appendicitis in 1889. Confined to recovery, he discovere