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A titan of color and decorative invention, Matisse's Fauve paintings, Moroccan interiors, paper cutouts, and Vence chapel mosaics span six radical decades. His lifelong conversation with Picasso—friend, rival, and artistic equal—produced two of the century's most consequential bodies of work. Major oils regularly achieve $30–60 million at auction; his works are central to every great modern collection.
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