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Also Known As	Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith
Born	October 22, 1879 • Halifax • England
Died	September 29, 1959 (aged 79) • London • England
Movement / Style	Fauvism

David Octavius Hill

Scottish painter

Joan Miró

Joan Miró

Spanish artist

French artist Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

French artist

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

Paul Cézanne

Paul Cézanne

French artist

Édouard Manet: Self-Portrait

Édouard Manet

French painter

Gustave Courbet

Gustave Courbet

French painter

Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French painter

Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy

Pierre Bonnard

French artist

Martiros Saryan

Martiros Saryan

Armenian painter

Hodler, self-portrait, oil on panel, 1891; in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva

Ferdinand Hodler

Swiss artist

Oskar Kokoschka

Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian painter and writer

To the Lighthouse

Vanessa Bell

British painter and designer

Graham Sutherland.

Graham Sutherland

British artist

Rembrandt: Self-Portrait

Rembrandt

Dutch artist

Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Venus of Urbino by Titian

Titian

Italian painter

Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish artist

Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter

Quiz

Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.

Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?