Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse lahir di Le Cateau-Cambresis, Nord, Perancis. Putra tertua dari seorang pedagang gandum yang makmur. Ia dibesarkan di Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardie, Perancis.
Henri Matisse, Dishes and Fruit, 51 x 61.5 cmm, Oil on canvas, 1901, at State Hermitage Museum
Henri Matisse, Portrait of Madame Matisse, 40.50 x 32.5 cm, Oil on canvas, 1905, at Statens Museum for Kunst
Henri Matisse, Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt, 55 cm x 46 cm , Oil on canvas, 1905, at Statens Museum for Kunst
Henri Matisse, Woman Reading, Oil on canvas, 1894, at Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Henri Matisse, Luxe, 98 x 118.5 cm, Oil on canvas, 1904, at Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Henri Matisse, Woman Reading, 59.5 x 81.5 cm, Oil on canvas, 1901, at State Hermitage Museum