

He also studied more contemporary art, especially that of the impressionists, and he began to experiment, earning a reputation as a rebellious member of his studio classes.

His first teachers were academically trained and relatively conservative Matisse’s own early style was a conventional form of naturalism, and he made many copies after the old masters. In 1892, having given up his law career, he went to Paris to study art formally. In 1890, however, while recovering slowly from an attack of appendicitis, he became intrigued by the practice of painting.

Matisse was born the son of a middle-class family, he studied and began to practice law. Matisse became an accomplished painter, sculptor and graphic designer, and one of the most influential artists of the 1900s. He began painting during a convalescence from an operation, and in 1891 moved to Paris to study art. Henri Matisse was born in December of 1869 in Le Cateau, France. Henri Matisse was a French artist, leader of the Fauve group, regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art, a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression.
