Henri Matisse (1869–1954) was a revolutionary French painter, printmaker, draftsman, and sculptor. He is widely recognized as the leader of fauvism, a modern art movement characterized by the use of strong color and bold, expressive brushstrokes. He drew and painted from nature, frequently depicting still-life scenes and placing figures of women in fully realized interiors. Later, Matisse created cut-paper collages using a technique he referred to as “painting with scissors.”