Henri Is Full: Matisse and His World Cover:Hardcover “Sarn writes with concise

“Sarn writes with concise

Go Tell It on the Mountain

But then the doorbell rings

during an errand into San Francisco

—Adam Shatz

Henri Is Full: Matisse and His World Cover:Hardcover “Sarn writes with conciseThere are days when an artist has no ideas left. For Henri Matisse, the great French artist, this is one of those days. Henri is empty. So he puts on his striped shirt and goes walking in his neighborhood. In the streets of Montmartre, he encounters his friend Amadou, whose father is from Senegal and mother is from Morocco. The artist tells Amadou that he is empty of ideas. His friend wants to show him a new sculpture, so Henri invites him to dinner