Matisse
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The fine-art market is showing signs of life, with sales at Sotheby’s and Phillips auction houses last week bringing in a combined $419 million, including a record-breaking $48.4 million sale of a Henri Matisse painting.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Eminem described himself as "a product of Slick Rick", Jay-Z likened the star to Matisse, and Questlove called his voice "the most beautiful thing to happen to hip-hop culture".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
MoMA’s show also nods to its own history with the power couple: Rivera received the museum’s second-ever retrospective in 1931, after Henri Matisse, and Kahlo entered the collection in 1943.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Eric Boughton, a portfolio manager at Matisse Capital, an active investor in closed-end funds through two mutual funds including Matisse Discounted Closed-End Fund Strategy, thinks the discount could be as deep as the teens.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 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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