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Who painted “The Green Stripe”?

“The Green Stripe” was painted by Henri Matisse in 1905. Where to see it: Statens Museum for Kunst.

The Green Stripe — Henri Matisse

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Henri Matisse: pure, flat, intense colour, simplified shapes and bold patterns; decorative interiors and, late on, cut-paper shapes.

Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) 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. Wikipedia

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