Henri Émile Benoît Matisse was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954; died at 84. Alive at the same time as Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Leo Tolstoy, and Pope Francis. Wiki link