Henri Matisse Death Cause and Date

Henri Matisse's Death

Born (Birthday) December 31, 1869

Death Date November 3, 1954

Age of Death 84 years

Cause of Death Heart Attack

Profession Painter

The painter Henri Matisse died at the age of 84. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

French modernist artist well known for his paintings ‘Woman with a Hat,’ ‘The Dance,’ and ‘Red Room.’ Along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, he developed the use of plastic arts in the early 20th century.

His father was highly disappointed by his decision to become an artist. He married Amelie Noellie Parayre in 1898, and the couple had two sons.

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“Time extracts various values from a painter’s work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.” (Henri Matisse)

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“I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” (Henri Matisse)

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“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” (Henri Matisse)

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“You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.” (Henri Matisse)

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“A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I’ve been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.” (Henri Matisse)

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