Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a French draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor artist, but is known primarily as a painter. He is known primarily for his use of colour and his original draughtsmanship. Matisse is regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three leading artists of the 20th century. Initially he was labelled a Fauve (wild beast), but beginning with the 1920s, he was more and more hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.