'Ruthless Hedonism: The American Reception of Matisse'

Perhaps the painter did protest too much. "Oh, do tell the American people that I am a normal man," Henri Matisse urged a journalist, "that I am a devoted husband and father, that I have three fine children, that I go to the theatre, ride horseback, have a comfortable home, a fine garden that I love, flowers, etc. just like any man."

As canonically safe as the French artist

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