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The Most Significant and Famous French Artists of the 20th Century

France is a homeland for few generations of the significant artists. The education in this country is orientated at art promotion. That is why no wonder there are so many talented famous French artists the world appreciates as the greatest painters of our times.

Appealing to the art history of the 20th century there can be found a lot of prominent and significant artists who left a huge legacy to follow. Most of the modern French painters are associated with the Impressionism epoch and from this point of view one of the brightest painters was Henri Matisse who is still considered as one of the founders of the modern art as we used to understand it nowadays. Matisse's works are bright and colorful, full of motion and emotions. He was also a famous French sculptor and printmaker

Georges Roualt became initially popular thanks to his remarkable glass sculptures. Later he also managed to achieve his peak of glory as a fundamental Expressionist and Fauvist painter. His art pieces are heavy with black contours and in some way transferring his skills as a glass painter.

Everyone who is into French abstract art knows the name of the remarkable artist of the 20th century - Maurice Denis. He was prone to depicting of the certain religious themes in his art pieces. His techniques are highly welcomed among the modern artists following the tendencies of fauvism and cubism.

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