Matisse
Americannoun
noun
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Toward the end of his life, when asked by his fellow painter Henri Matisse why he still painted when his hands were so crippled by arthritis, Renoir said, “the pain passes, but the beauty remains.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
In August, paintings by Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum in Italy, in a heist that lasted just three minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Matisse Thybulle, who spent last season playing for the Portland Trail Blazers, made the NBA’s all-defensive team twice over his seven-year career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Italian police in August said they had recovered paintings by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth over $10.4 million that were stolen in a three-minute heist from a museum in March.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The carving, to my taste, is beautifully done, as graphically elegant, despite the gory subject matter, as a Matisse.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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