Describes the artwork which is reprinted on the cover of the `The Journal of the American Medical Association,' for June 4, 1997. Description of `Apollo,' by Henri Emile Benoit Matisse; Matisse's artistic career; The influences of Impressionism and Cubism on Matisse's work; Discussion of the Fauvist movement; The work inspired by `papier decoupe'; Matisse and modern art; Discussion of other works by Matisse.