Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were two of the greatest painters of the 20th Century.It is a story of Competition, envy and resentment between the Spanish ex-patriate Picasso (1881- 1973) and the French artist Matisse (1869-1954).Although Matisse's art,including his painting "The Blue Nude" was considered quite scandalous for it's time in turn of the century Paris, and despite their twelve year age difference, the two legends continued to inspire each others work for decades.—Walter Down