This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Get to know one of Henri Matisse's famous paintings at the Des Moines Art Center ...

The artist's most famous works are in museums, and his collectors can be fickle. Recently, his late work has been reassessed. Alvin Langdon Coburn, portrait of Henri Matisse, 1913. Via Wikimedia ...

Haunted by guilt, Matisse did what he knew to do. He painted. A painting is a trace of the painter ... stand (inscribed “PLEYEL,” for the famous piano manufacturer); the sculpted nude ...

Henri Matisse, the French artist known for his use of vibrant colors, painted “Dame à la robe blanche (Woman in White)” in 1946, depicting Matisse’s neighbor, the journalist Elvire Van ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator-at-large Dr. Denise Murrell stands near Henri Matisse's "Woman in White." ...