{"product_id":"matisse-in-morocco-a-journey-of-light-and-color-9781639369096","title":"Matisse in Morocco: A Journey of Light and Color","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable and little-known story of Henri Matisse and his groundbreaking time in Morocco, a fertile period that transformed his art and cemented his legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn winter of 1912, Henri Matisse--forty-two, nearing mid-career, and yet 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 leader, the Parisian avant-garde now considered him passé. His important early collectors, including Gertrude and Leo Stein, had stopped buying his work and were fully championing Picasso, and he had exhibited little in the last few years. In the face of Cubism that was now dominating the art scene, Matisse needed to get away from Paris in order to advance his distinctive artistic vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost on a whim, he went to Tangier. Matisse had already been profoundly inspired by Islamic art, and was primed for his arrival in the Moroccan city where such art was integrated into everyday life. Despite the challenges of rain, insomnia, depression, and finding models, the sojourn was such a success he returned the following winter, which would lead to even greater artistic triumph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatisse in Morocco \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the artist's groundbreaking time in Tangier and how it altered Matisse's development as a painter and indelibly marked his work for the next four decades. Through Koehler's research and travel, we experience Matisse's time in Tangier, the paintings and their subjects, his relationships with his wife Amélie and his two important collectiors, and then come to understand the impact Morocco--its light, colors, culture, and artistic traditions--had on his art. From \u003ci\u003eLandscape Viewed From a Window\u003c\/i\u003e, to \u003ci\u003eZorah on the Terrace\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eKasbah Gate \u003c\/i\u003eto the dream-like tableau \u003ci\u003eMoroccan Café\u003c\/i\u003e, these works from Morocco are now recognized as some of the most significant and dazzling of Matisse's illustrious career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Koehler\u003c\/b\u003e is a Barcelona-based American writer and author of eleven books. His titles have won a James Beard Award, named Editors' Choice in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and paperback of the week in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, given a starred review in Kirkus, and included in \"best of\" roundups in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveller, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR's \"Here and Now,\" \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCS Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR.org, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaveur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Follow him on Instagram @jeff_koehler\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51324584100114,"sku":"9781639369096","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b0f3fa94-5f69-4fdd-a933-668c629e4c2a.jpg?v=1748684553","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/matisse-in-morocco-a-journey-of-light-and-color-9781639369096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}