Bidspirit auction | HENRI MATISSE, MANNER OF /

HENRI MATISSE, MANNER OF / ATTRIBUTED: FEMME NU - Henri Emile Benoit Matisse (French, 1869-1954), Manner of/ Attributed: Femme Nu, 1948. Conte crayon on paper, signed and dated. Unframed. Matisse was known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is accepted as one of the most influential modern painters and crowned as the leader of Fauvism, a 20th century movement that favored a painterly style and bold, expressive use of color over the representational or naturalistic values of the Impressionist movement before.