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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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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