Sarah and her husband lived mostly in and out of Paris . " The couple was ... educated , and up-to-date . They collected art and tried to keep abreast of the latest trends in education , health , and philosophy . " Sarah and Michael lived in conventional bourgeois comfort as they accumulated paintings and other objects with as much enthusiasm as Leo and Gertrude Stein . The couple concentrated almost exclusively on the work of Henri Matisse , beginning with their first purchase ( with Leo and Gertrude ) of '' Woman with a Hat '' at the Salon d'Automne in 1905 . Sarah next bought Matisse ’s '' La Raie verte ( The Green Line ) '' ( 1905 ) , another of the misunderstood masterpieces from the mythical Salle des Fauves . She was one of Matisse 's staunchest friends and supporters from 1905 until she and her husband left Paris in the 1930s . In 1906 , on a visit to the U.S. after the San Francisco earthquake , Sarah and her husband brought Matisse 's work to America , and later took occasional commissions to secure other examples of his works for American collectors . In 1907 , Matisse included the Steins ' son Allan in his 1907 painting '' Boy With a Butterfly Net ''
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