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SUMMARY:Jeff Koehler\, MATISSE IN MOROCCO
DESCRIPTION:\n\nAbout the remarkable and little-known story of Henri Matiss
 e and his groundbreaking time in Morocco\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 In winter of 1912\, Henri Matisse—forty-two\, nearing mid-career\, and y
 et to find lasting critical acceptance\, public admiration\, or financial 
 security since exploding to the forefront of the avant-garde in 1905 with 
 his iconoclastic Fauve paintings—was struggling. Once the vanguard leade
 r\, the Parisian avant-garde now considered him passé. His important earl
 y collectors\, including Gertrude and Leo Stein\, had stopped buying his w
 ork and were fully championing Picasso\, and he had exhibited little in th
 e last few years. In the face of Cubism that was now dominating the art sc
 ene\, Matisse needed to get away from Paris in order to advance his distin
 ctive artistic vision.\n\nAlmost on a whim\, he went to Tangier. Matisse h
 ad already been profoundly inspired by Islamic art\, and was primed for hi
 s arrival in the Moroccan city where such art was integrated into everyday
  life. Despite the challenges of rain\, insomnia\, depression\, and findin
 g models\, the sojourn was such a success he returned the following winter
 \, which would lead to even greater artistic triumph.\n\nMatisse in Morocc
 o tells the story of the artist's groundbreaking time in Tangier and how i
 t altered Matisse’s development as a painter and indelibly marked his wo
 rk for the next four decades. Through Koehler's research and travel\, we e
 xperience Matisse's time in Tangier\, the paintings and their subjects\, h
 is relationships with his wife Amélie and his two important collectiors\,
  and then come to understand the impact Morocco—its light\, colors\, cul
 ture\, and artistic traditions—had on his art. From Landscape Viewed Fro
 m a Window\, to Zorah on the Terrace\, from Kasbah Gate to the dream-like 
 tableau Moroccan Café\, these works from Morocco are now recognized as so
 me of the most significant and dazzling of Matisse’s illustrious career.
 \n\nJeff Koehler is the author of ten books\, including The Spanish Medite
 rranean Islands Cookbook\, The North African Cookbook\, Where the Wild Cof
 fee Grows\, and Darjeeling: A History of the World’s Greatest Tea. His t
 itles have been named New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice\, paper
 back of the week in the Guardian\, won a James Beard Award\, and included 
 in “best of” roundups in the NYT\, NYTBR\, WSJ\, Le Monde\, Science\, 
 Nature\, Smithsonian\, Mother Jones\, and Entertainment Weekly. Koehler’
 s writing has appeared in the Washington Post\, NPR\, WSJ\, Times Literary
  Supplement\, Tin House\, South China Morning Post\, Vogue Arabia\, Food &
 amp\; Wine\, and many other publications. Born and raised near Seattle\, h
 e has lived in Spain since 1996\, and divides his time between Barcelona a
 nd Menorca. Instagram @jeff_koehler\n\nPre-order your copy of Matisse in M
 orocco here.\n\nOpen to all ages!
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