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The Early Life of Henri Matisse Henri Matisse arrived on December 31, 1869, in a weaver's cottage on rue du Chêne Arnaud. This small house in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France, was the starting point for a life that would eventually move far from the quietude of the Nord department. He was the oldest son of a wealthy grain merchant, born into a family that dealt in the steady, practical trade of the land. His early years were spent in Bohain

-en-Vermandois, Picardie, France, a place where the rhythms of life were dictated by the seasons and the needs of the family business. The environment of his upbringing was far from the studio. Growing up in the Picardie region, he was surrounded by the practicalities of a merchant's household. There was no early indication of the brush or the pigment in those first years. Instead, his existence was shaped by the expectations of his f…