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Henri Matisse, French artist, was a leader of the Fauve group. He was highly regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th century art and a master of the use of color and form to convey emotional expression. Matisse discovered his artistic abilities when he had been bedstrucken with an attack of appendicitis. He became very fascinated and intrigued by painting and continued his interest by moving to Paris to study art formally. …

…him and others that also portrayed similar art styles as "les fauves." The intensifying expression of emotions, their use of vivid colors, and their distortion of shapes were some of the reasons they were dubbed this title. Henri Matisse finished his paintings when it finally represented his own emotions in a precise way. When it hits that point, then he can share it with the rest of the world and let them respond to it.