Met henri matisse biography timeline

Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse is born in the cottage of his maternal grandmother in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France.

Matisse studies law in Paris.

Matisse returns home to work as a clerk in a law office.

Following a case of appendicitis, Matisse receives as a convalescence gift from his mother a set of art supplies and begins to paint.

Matisse moves back to Paris to study art, first at the Acadamie Julian and later at the Ecole des Beaux-Art.

With his model, Caroline Joblau, Matisse has a daughter Marguerite, who in turn will later serve as a model.

Over the course of this decade, Matisse begins to study and collect the works of his contemporaries, including post-impressionist painter Paul Cézanne.

Among his purchases is Cezanne's Three Bathers for a rumored 1,200 francs (about $250), acquired with a promissory note because he wanted it so desperately.

Matisse marries Amelie Noellie Parayre and has two sons: Jean, born in 1899, and Pierre, born i