What caused THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MATISSE BACK FROM THE DEAD to change her name from Paule to Claude? Why, after modeling for Matisse and other artists after the war, did she go with a lover to the Florida Everglades? Why was Matisse against it?
As death stalked Matisse…
As death stalked Matisse, France fell. There were days and weeks of continuous rain. Why was Paule Boule (who was to become THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MATISSE BACK FROM THE DEAD) crammed into the back of an open truck with two dozen others passing a swollen river near to St. Genis Lavel?
Matisse
In 1941 Matisse had surgery for abdominal cancer. Immediately afterward he suffered two heart attacks. It was unlikely that he would survive. But he did. How? Available soon: THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT MATISSE BACK FROM THE DEAD by Alison Leslie Gold. (Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson)
