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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Henri Matisse
Born: December 31, 1869
Died: November 3, 1954 (aged 84)
Bio: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist, 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.
Known for:
- Dance (1910)
- Le bonheur de vivre (1906)
- Portrait of Madame Matisse (Green Stripe) (1905)
- The Snail (1953)
- The Dessert: Harmony in Red (1908)
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