She saw Matisse’s potential before many others did 🎨 Read on for the story of Sarah Stein, one of his earliest and most devoted supporters. Living in Paris when Matisse was sparking controversy with the bold and unconventional paintings that would come to define Fauvism, American art collector Sarah Stein decided that she would only collect works by Matisse. She and her husband Michael built a collection of more than 40 paintings, and their apartment became a destination for anyone eager to see what the artist was doing next. Matisse once said that Sarah knew his paintings even better than he did. Their friendship grew so close that she was the only person outside Matisse’s immediate family whom he trusted to see his paintings while they were still wet. Just two weeks left to discover the works that first captivated Sarah Stein and forever changed the course of modern art in “Matisse: A Modern Scandal.” — Unknown, “Stein family album page [Sarah Stein outfits],” [ca. 1928]; Estat...