[Vishniac's mother Manya at the dinner table, Nice, France]

[Official mortgage deed for a Berlin rental property owned by Solomon and Manya Vishniac]

[Vishniac's father Solomon sitting on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France]

[Postcard from Roman Vishniac in Warsaw to his daughter Mara in Riga]

Nice, France

Jane recalled the night she was beaten: "With my friends, he acted nasty. But he always treated me like a queen..." Minneapolis, Minnesota

[Henri Matisse working from his bed at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

Figuier, Nice

[Henri Matisse smiling and working from his bed at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

[Henri Matisse signing a poster from his bed at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

Four Women, Nice

Circus Man, Nice

[Henri Matisse working on a ladder on designs of the murales for the Vence Chapel at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

[Henri Matisse working on a ladder on designs of the murales for the Vence Chapel at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

[Promenade des Anglais, Nice]

[Beachgoers in the afternoon, Nice, France]

[Henri Matisse sitting next to his model for the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

[Henri Matisse sitting next to his model for the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]

[Henri Matisse sitting and studying his model for the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence at the Hotel Regina in Cimiez, Nice, France]