Henri Matisse died on 3 November 1954 in Nice, aged 84. A French painter, printmaker and sculptor, Matisse was the leader of the Fauves, a group of artists who used bold, non-naturalistic colour, and who caused a stir at the Salon d'Automne of 1905. His works, such as The Dance, are known for their expressive colour and simplified form. He lived in Nice for years, and painted interiors and odalisques. After surgery in the 1940s limited his ability to stand at an easel, he developed cut-outs of coloured paper, which he called drawing with scissors. He designed the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence. His long rivalry and friendship with Picasso is a key theme in modern art.
Before and after
- 29 September 1954Birth of Masoud Pezeshkian
- 23 October 1954Birth of Ang Lee
- from 23 October 1954 to 30 June 2011Founding of Western European Union
- from 1 November 1954 to 9 September 1962Algerian War
- 3 November 1954Death of Henri Matisse
- 8 November 1954Birth of Kazuo Ishiguro
- 11 November 1954Publication of The Two Towers
- 14 November 1954Birth of Condoleezza Rice
- 19 November 1954Birth of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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- 1955Publication of Guinness World Records
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- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
The era
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