The 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. In 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...