Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French artist, known for his use of color and his fluid, brilliant and original draftsmanship.
==References==
* His painting "Blue Nude II" was spoofed as "Nu Verte II" in the Muppet Art: 1999 Calendar.
* A "Trivial But True" question in The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside references the Museum of Modern Art's 1961 gaffe in which exhibitors left Matisse’s Le Bateau hanging upside-down for 47 days before a visitor noticed.
* The Sesame Street character Murray Matisse is a parody of the artist.
* Naked Honkers stand in for naked ladies in a parody of Matisse's Dance in Museum of Monster Art.
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