Matisse, along with Picasso and a few others, was one of the most famous artists during the 20th century. He is best known for using a lot of color in his paintings, and watercolors. He was introduced to Impressionism by Peter Russell, which was completely different from his original style, which was the "Flemish style"; those were real life depictions of landscapes. From Russell, he learned the color theory. He was influenced by many other artists, such as Poussin, Watteau, Chardin, Manet and van Gogh. A lot of his paintings used the pointillist technique, which was painting a bunch of dots in bright colors to make an image. He stuck with the bright colors later but grew out of the specific technique. This painting, "Woman with a Hat," clearly shows Matiise's love for using a lot of bright colors, with no regard to how unnatural it would look. You can see there are broad strokes involved, and thick, controlled lines; it's also very flat, not 3d at all. The expression of the image is dominant over the detail; you can't really make out her specific facial features, or what the dress(if that's what it is) she's wearing looks like. The critic Camille Mauclair commented Matisse's work by saying it was like,"A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public!" which was a praising comment. This painting gave him a lot of recognition, and it was liked so much that eventually it was bought by painters Gertrude Stein and Leo Stein.
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