Henri Matisse is widely regarded as the greatest colourist of the 20th century and as a rival to Pablo Picasso in the importance of his innovations. He emerged as a Post-Impressionist and first achieved prominence as the leader of the French movement Fauvism. Although interested in Cubism, he rejected it, and instead sought to use color as the foundation for expressive, decorative, and often monumental paintings.
Gerry Baptiste’s paintings convey an immediate frisson; he creates landscape and figure studies in vibrant colour possessing a natural talent for composition. His paintings are startling in their effectiveness, having a clarity, vivaciousness coupled with a powerful vision.
Leonid Afremov is a self-representing artist who creates bright and cheerful oil paintings with a palette knife. His work reflects romantic memories and emotions with simple and politically neutral themes