与此同时，在Henri Edmond Cross的生活中
完整生平1903
First trip to Italy
The first of two trips to Italy (the second in 1908); apart from them he left Saint-Clair only for the annual Indépendants exhibitions in Paris. His late works show an Italian influence: a softer style and a less systematic technique.
1904
Meets Henri Matisse
In 1904 he meets Matisse; in the final, productive period of his work he turns to mythological motifs. The late Cross strongly influenced Matisse and other artists and helped shape the principles of Fauvism.
1905
First solo exhibition at the Galerie Druet
The Galerie Druet in Paris shows thirty paintings and thirty watercolors by Cross. The success is complete: the critics praise it, most of the works are sold, and the catalogue preface is written by the Belgian Symbolist poet Emile Verhaeren.
