HENRI MATISSE ``Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.'' -- Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was born in the north of France at Le Cateau-Cambresis in 1869. It was not until he was 21 years old that he became interested in painting as a career. In 1891, Matisse began studying at an Academe. In 1892, he transferred to Gustave Moreau's studio at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His …showed first 75 words of 278 total…

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