African art has long inspired Western modern artists like Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Amedeo Modigliani – among many others. Dogon art, in particular, may have been the driving inspiration behind 20th-century movements such as Cubism. 

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A major figure in 20th-century painting, Henri Matisse has influenced many renowned artists. With humble beginnings as a notary’s clerk from Saint-Quentin, Matisse went on to become one of the best-rated French painters and sculptors in the world, a label that still stands today. 

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