 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.