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Livethe French Riviera as an artwork

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An itinerary in the great masters’ footstepsPainters of the French Riviera

From one lectern to the next, another approach

Idling on azure

Dream settings - life size

“Cities of Art”

Painters’ favourite sights on the Riviera

Spotlight on...Nice, cultural capital of the French Riviera

Painting on the Riviera todayHavens for contemporary art

Life through painting

For more… Discovering the late Gothic “Niçois primitives”

Baroque, inspirational art

In the beginning, there was light: exceptional light that attracted the greatest artists to the Riviera, wherethey chose to remain. Painters - mediaeval and baroque, 19th-century landscape artists, Impressionists,Fauvists, Expressionists, contemporary artists - all found a land of inspiration here to match their talent.

The French Riviera or Côte d’Azur became a crucible for masterpieces that form today an exceptional artisticheritage. From the coast to the villages of the hinterland, it can be discovered in museums, galleries, palaces,castles, chapels... And the art of the Riviera continues to thrive outdoors along the beaches, in the streets,squares, Mediterranean gardens or in the middle of nowhere.

“La Côte d’Azur des Peintres” invites you to follow in the footsteps of these artists, in town or off the beatentrack. The “Itinéraire sur les pas des grands maîtres” (an itinerary in the great masters’ footsteps) will takeyou to the heart of the natural settings and towns with their charm intact, where famous artists set up theireasels. You, too, will be able to admire the exceptional sights immortalized in their works, reproduced onlecterns marking out the itinerary.“La Côte d’Azur des Peintres” then takes you to key venues for contemporary art, museums and foundationsdedicated to avant-garde painters, as well as more unexpected places, hotels, restaurants, alternative galleriesfor a different relationship with art.

Beloved of painters, the French Riviera maintains privileged ties with them. And today more than ever, fromthe Riviera to the Alpine foothills, art is part of the landscape...

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At the originof the mainpictorialmovements ofthe 19th and20th centuries,they left theirmarks onpainting andon the FrenchRiviera: Renoir,

Monet, Bonnard, Derain, Matisse,Picasso, Chagall, Dufy, Cocteau,Soutine... Their works and palettes wereinfluenced, revealed, even

empowered by their discovery ofthe light, colours and spectacularlandscapes of the Mediterranean.During their travels or during astay, they succumbed to thecharm of this land so differentwith its ever-present sun. By thesea, amid the pine and olive trees,in the shade of little town squaresor on a steep sloping street, theyset up their easels.And they captured all the magic ofthe Riviera, moments theyimmortalized on their canvases.You will discover exceptionalworks and sights along this route

in the footsteps of the greatmasters. From the coast to the hinterland,some sixty lecterns mark out theitinerary, placed at the exact spotswhere they created theirpaintings.Your eyes will then see preciselywhat they saw. Looking at thesepreserved landscapes, you will beable to share their emotion. Andyou will understand the powerfulattraction that bound them sostrongly to the French Riviera...

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An itinerary in the great masters’ footsteps

Painters of the French RivieraAs you follow the itinerary “La Côte d’Azur des Peintres”,you will see the names and works of these artists. Presentation...

Emmanuel Bellini, born in 1904 in Monaco,settled in Cannes as an architect. A self-taughtpainter, he created his first canvas in 1948 and hisexhibitions met with success as early as 1949. Thepainters Louis Pastour and Jean-Gabriel Domerguepraised him. His work is dominated by intensecolours with Fauvist and Impressionist accents.

Pierre Bonnard, born in 1867 in Fontenay-aux-Roses. He discovered Paul Gauguin in the School ofFine Arts (Beaux-Arts) which was to have a greatinfluence on his life. He became a member of the“Nabis”, a group of painters who embraced colourand symbolism rather than the naturalism of theimpressionist painters.

Eugène Boudin, born in 1824 in Honfleur. Hemoved to Paris in 1849 where he began studyingart and became close friends with Courbet andMonet, whom he was to influence strongly. Apassionate traveller, he travelled far and wide andfell in love with life at sea.

Marc Chagall, a Belarusian Jew by origin, born in1887. The Master of Surrealism moved to Saint-Paul in 1966 where he worked without cease untilhis death in 1985.

Jean Cocteau, born in 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte.Being, at different times in his life a poet, adraftsman, a graphic artist, a playwright and afilm director, he had a profound effect on hisperiod and hence after.

Joseph Contini, born in 1827. In 1863, thislandscape painter from Milan settled in Canneswhere he gave classes, in particular to AdolpheFioupou. He participated in the UniversalExhibition of 1878 in Paris when he was decoratedwith the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Henri-Edmond Cross (born H.E. Delacroix), born in1856 in Douai. He was part of the Pointillistmovement. Employing strong lively colours, hiswork is luminous and bright.

Emile Charles Dameron, landscape painter, bornin1848 in Saumur-en-Auxois. He moved toward theBarbizon style where nature and its subjects arethe central theme in pictorial works.

Ferdinand Deconchy, born in 1859 in Paris. Afterhaving studied architecture, he began to orientatemore toward painting, and in particular the workof Claude Monet. In 1884, he moved to the Côted’Azur, and it is he who, at the beginning of the20th Century, encouraged Renoir to come toCagnes-sur-Mer.

André Derain, born in 1880 in “Ile de France”.Along with Matisse, he was one of the leaders ofFauvism. From 1906, he became stronglyinfluenced by Gauguin and met such artists asPicasso, Braque and even Apollinaire.

Raoul Dufy, born in 1877 in Havre. He discoveredFauvism, which he then abandoned to study thetechnique created by Paul Cézanne. In 1911, hemarried a young girl from Nice and thus discoveredthe Côte d’Azur.

Adolphe Fioupou, born in 1824 in Le Cannet.Cannes and the Estérel coastline was the principalsource of his inspiration. An Officer of theAcademy, he proved to be one of its best studentsas well as highlighting the beauty of the region’slandscapes.

Maurice Frido, born in 1926 in Paris. Today helives in Ascona, though he retains a great love forMenton. Influenced by Ignace Rubinstein, hestudied under: Worms, Brayer and Bezombes He isstill a member of the “Union Nationale des ArtistesFrançais” and the “Association Belle Arti deLugano”.

Monique Giresse, born in 1926 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.Studied at the Arts Décoratifs School in Nice, laterwon the Grand Prix de la Jeune PeintureMéditerranéenne and the wealthy American Dorothy

Gould became her sponsor. She loves to paint thelandscapes of Nice near the sea: the Port, Promenadedes Anglais, the beach at La Tour Rouge.

Maurice Gottlob, born in Paris in 1885. This artistwas initially a sculptor, with models such asMistinguett and Charlie Chaplin. He first beganpainting the old quarters in Paris and then movedto Mougins where he painted numerous landscapesand portraits.

Jacques Guiaud, born in 1810 in Chambéry. In1847, he moved to Nice with his family until 1960.On return to Paris, he returned frequently to hiscity of adoption on the Côte d’Azur until the endof his life.

Henri Harpignies, born in 1819 in Valenciennes.He glorified the landscapes of the South of Francewith realism and tenderness. A Landscape painterin watercolour, Anatole France nicknamed him the“Michael-Angelo of Trees”.

Armand Ingenbleek, born in Alsace in 1896. Hewas part of a group of painters from Alsace whowere closely linked to Impressionism. Friend of thewell renowned Hansi, he expressed his visionsusing strongly contrasting colours.

Joseph Inguimberty, born in Marseille in 1896.Joseph Inguimberty was the director of the Ecoledes Beaux-Arts in Hanoï from 1925 to 1946 andcreated there a department to study and teach theart of lacquer. Back in France, he was inspired bythe landscapes in Menton and he took part in themost important exhibitions of the time.

William H. Johnson, black American painter bornin 1901. He belonged to a tradition of paintersdedicated to religious expression within the Anglo-American community. An experienced artist, hespent several years in Europe among the manyAvant-Garde artists.

Charles Labor, born in Béziers in 1813. Thislandscape painter studied with AugusteBarthélemy Glaize. He began with the Salon in1839 and was Curator of the Museum of Béziersfrom 1859 until his death in 1900. He painted finelandscapes in the Hérault département as well asSouthern France, including many seascapes.

Louis-Ernest Lessieux, born in La Rochelle in1848. While holidaying in Menton he was awardedthe contract to design posters for the town by the“Compagnie Générale des Transatlantiques”... Hethen moved to Menton and taught art to theresiding English colony on the Côte d’Azur.

Henri Matisse, born in 1869 in the North ofFrance. He created a scandal in his use of brightcolours and went onto become the head of theFauvist movement. At 48, the artist came to Nice,where he remained until his death in 1954, at theage of 84.

Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier, born in 1915 inLyon. His paintings were probably among the mostexpensive that were sold in the 19th Century. Hiswork is a perfect example of the academic leaningsin the world of art at the time.

Claude Monet, born in 1840 in Paris. Toward 1860,he created a new philosophy in painting and thusled the Impressionist movement. Little by little, hegained a certain notoriety and recognition fromthe critics.

Charles Nègre, born in 1820 in Grasse. He wasfascinated by street life and human activity ingeneral. His search brought him to adopt the artof photography from the beginning of the 1850’s.

Yvon Peron, born in Paris in 1910 of Bretonorigin, his was initially an illustrator formagazines, then stage designer, author of comicstrips, clothes designer for houses such as Grès,Balmain… He lived in Grasse from 1950 onwards,mastering the techniques of oils, gouache andcharcoal.

Raymond Peynet, born in 1908 in Paris. Hestudied in the school of Applied Arts, opting foradvertising design. Later he created and gave lifeto his famous character: a little violinist with around hat, who was joined shortly after by hisskinny partner, thus the couple “Les amoureux dePeynet” were born.

Pablo Picasso, born in 1881 in Malaga, co-founderwith Braque of the Cubist movement. He was oneof the most important artists of the 20th century.He produced his first works at the very young ageof eight. After his blue period from 1901 to 1903,he moved to Paris, living on the “bateau-lavoir”,where he commenced his pink period. As of 1906,he produced his first “Cubist” paintings. He movedto the Côte d’Azur after the War and his paintingsexpressed the joy of life that the region offeredhim. He was buried in 1973 in the gardens of the“Château de Vauvenargues”, close to Aix-en-Provence.

Pierre Auguste Renoir, born in 1841 in Paris.Friend of Sisley and Monet, he was initiallyfascinated by the Impressionists, then returned todrawing with an obvious preference for thepictorial technique. Seeking the Mediterraneanclimate, he moved to the now well renowneddomain “Collettes” in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Chaïm Soutine, Jewish painter born in the ghettoin Belarus in 1893. He lived a very difficult earlylife. At 17, he decided to leave to dedicate himselfwholly to painting and met Léger and Chagall,becoming a member of the Nabis movement.

Erwin Sutter, a painter from Alsace born in 1897.He moved to Grasse in 1932. Chafed by war, ErwinSutter joined the Expressionist movement.

Raymond Tournon, born in 1870 in Gaillac-sur-Tarn. He lived in Villefranche-sur-Mer in the 1920’s–1930’s where he adored the quality of light. Aclassical painter by origin, initially for the press,he rapidly joined the Impressionist movement.

Félix Vallotton, a painter and wood engraver, bornin 1865 in Lausanne. The artist was enthralled bythe world around him, adoring the shapes andcolours he observed. From 1910 he became totallyfascinated by sunsets.

Emile Wery, born in 1868 in Reims. After havingstudied in the “Académie Julian” and becomingfriends with Dufy, Emile Othon Friesz but above allMatisse (with whom he travelled in 1895/96), hebecame famous for his portraits of famouspersonalities, which were much admired. He alsopossessed a neo-impressionist dimension. Hemoved to Cagnes-sur-Mer in the 1920’s where heornated the walls of the Hôtel du Cagnard withmagnificent frescos, right next to his demeure.

Félix Ziem, born on 25 February 1821 in Beaune(Burgundy). This French painter of the BarbizonSchool is best known for his seascapes. He is theonly artist whose works were displayed in theLouvre during his lifetime. After 1841, heregularly visited Southern France beforeestablishing his studio in Nice in 1880 where hespent most of his time.

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Antibes, AfternoonEffect Claude Monet(1888)Promenade Pierre Merli -Ponteil/Salis

Landscape nearCagnes André Derain(1910)Haut-de-Cagnes, St-Paul Gate

Mimosas en fleurs àCagnesFélix Vallotton(1921)Haut-de-Cagnes,Montée de la Bourgade

Street in old Cagnes at sunsetFélix Vallotton(1920)Haut-de-Cagnes,Courtine Saint-Sébastien

Way up to BourgadeEmile WeryHaut-de-Cagnes,Montée de la Bourgade

View of GrasseRaoul Dufy (circa 1930) Cours Honoré Cresp

Mills Area Charles Nègre(circa 1860)Place du Pontet

Rue de la FontetteErwin Sutter(1935)Rue de la Fontette

Landscape at Les CollettesPierre Auguste Renoir(1914)In the gardens of theRenoir Museum

The farm at Les CollettesPierre Auguste Renoir(1915)In the gardens of theRenoir Museum

La Montée de CagnesChaïm Soutine(1923-24) Haut-de-Cagnes, on thePlanastel car park

Landscape, Chemin desCaucourtsChaïm Soutine (1924)Haut-de-Cagnes, Montéedes Caucours

Landscape at CagnesChaïm Soutine (1923)Haut-de-Cagnes, PlaceNotre-Dame de laProtection

The Road Up the HillChaïm Soutine (1922)Haut-de-Cagnes,Rue Hippolyte Guis

Cagnes-sur-MerWilliam H. Johnson(1926-29) Haut-de-Cagnes,Montée de la Bourgade

Les cyprès à CagnesHenri-Edmond Cross(born H.E. Delacroix)(1908)Haut-de-Cagnes,Sainte-Anne car park

Antibes seen from theSalis Claude Monet(1888)Cap d’AntibesBoulevard de Bacon

Morning at AntibesClaude Monet(1888)Cap d’AntibesBoulevard de Bacon

Harbour of Antibes Eugène Boudin(1893)Pointe de l'Ilet

AntibesHenri-Edmond Cross(born H.E. Delacroix)(1908)Square Albert 1er

Antibes, la promenadeà cheval, l’artiste etson fils CharlesJean-Louis ErnestMeissonier (1868)Promenade Pierre Merli -Ponteil/Salis

Le marché du CoursMasséna à AntibesEmile Charles Dameron(end of the 19th Century)Corner of Rue Sade andCours Masséna

AntibesHenri Harpignies(1888)Boulevard du Cap (top of the steps)

The lovers by therampartsRaymond Peynet(1985)Pointe de l'Ilet

Antibes Juan-les-Pins

Cannes

Grasse

Cagnes-sur-Mer

Place du Haut de Cagnes en hiverMonique Giresse(1979)Haut-de-Cagnes,Place du Château

Cannes Adolphe Fioupou(1862)Near the kiosk, Pantiéro

Notre Dame Chapel of MisericordeFerdinand Deconchy(circa 1900)Haut-de-Cagnes,Rue Hippolyte Guis

Vue de CannesJoseph ContiniBoulevard du Midi

Le Quai Saint Pierre etla DouaneCharles LaborQuai Saint-Pierre

Cannes, la rue Félix Faure Emmanuel Bellini(1965)Flower Market

Night Fishing atAntibesPablo Ruiz y Picasso(1939)Bastion Saint André,Museum of Historyand Archaeology

From one lectern to the next,another view of the French Riviera

The “Painters of the Côte d’Azur” Route has been put in placeby the Comité Régional du Tourisme Riviera Côte d’Azur. Thisconcept has been made possible through the collaboration andassistance of the Alpes-Maritimes Regional Council, theRegional Council of the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur and thepartner towns and cities of the region such as Antibes Juan-les-Pins, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Cannes, Grasse, Le Cannet, Menton,Mougins, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Villefranche-sur-Mer andVilleneuve-Loubet.

Couple in the bluelandscapeMarc Chagall(1969-71) Route de La Colle -Carrefour Calder

Couple above Saint PaulMarc Chagall(1968) Chemin de Sainte-Claire

Table in front of villageMarc Chagall(1968) Chemin de Sainte-Claire

Rue ObscureJean Cocteau(1956-57) Rue Obscure

Bay of VillefrancheEugène Boudin (1892)Promenade des Marinières

View of VillefrancheJacques Guiaud (1856) Quai Amiral Courbet

Les filets deVillefrancheRaymond Tournon(1918) Quai Amiral Courbet

Fontaine à VillefrancheArmand Ingenbleek(1927) Place Félix Poullan

View of GrasseYvon Peron(1996)Cours Honoré Cresp

Ciel d’orage sur CannesPierre Bonnard (1945) Chemin des Collines

Lanscape at Le CannetPierre Bonnard (circa 1927)Gardens of the Hôtel de Ville

The Pink StreetPierre Bonnard (1934)30, avenue Victoria

Le Cannet

Mougins

Villefranche-sur-Mer

Villeneuve-Loubet

Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Menton

Parvis Saint MichelRaoul Dufy(circa 1927) Parvis Saint-Michel

La Place Saint Michel et les trois clochersJoseph Inguimberty(1965) Parvis Saint-Michel

Grande vue de MentonMaurice Frido (2002)Place du Cimetière at theOld Castle

Le port de Menton vu de la route d’ItalieErnest Louis LessieuxBelvédère du Clos duPeyronnet, Boulevard deGaravan

Barques et pêcheurs, baie est de MentonErnest Louis LessieuxRondelli stadium

Paysage de Mougins IIPablo Ruiz y Picasso(1965)Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Vie car park

L’Etang de MouginsMaurice Gottlob (1948)Fontmerle pond

Porte SarrazineMaurice Gottlob (1930)Porte Sarrazine

Village de Mougins sous ciel nuageuxMaurice Gottlob(1946)Car park in front of theadministrative centre

Paysage du MidiPierre Bonnard (circa 1923)Le CannetCorner of rue Jean Mermoz and rue Tavel

La ChapelleNotre Dame de VieMaurice Gottlob (1943)ChapelleNotre-Dame-de-Vie

Villeneuve-LoubetAndré Derain (1905) Chemin Pas de BonneHeure

Pêcheur au bord du LoupFélix ZiemAvenue des PlansRoundabout at “Les Bordsdu Loup” motorway exit

Les Bords du LoupCharles Perrot(circa 1940)Avenue des PlansAcross from the bridge

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Idling on azure

La Croisette - Cannes

From Cannes toMenton, the water,rocks and sky blendin a stream ofunique landscapes.

They can be discovered from a curve on theCorniche roads overlooking the coast, along atrail, on shingle or sandy beaches, on capesand in small harbours nestled in lovely bays.The coast, both untamed and gentle, charmedlandscape painters, Impressionists, Fauves...They all plunged their artist’s souls in thegold and blue monochromes. Through this itinerary, discover the worksinspired by the Mediterranean Sea they lovedso much some of them never left.

Raoul Dufy(1877-1953)La Baie des Anges à Nice

(circa 1927)Jules Chéret Museum ofFine Arts, Nice

In 1911, at the age ofthirty-three, Dufy married agirl from Nice, therebyreinforcing his attachmentto the French Riviera. Here,he found all the necessaryingredients for his art. He wrote: “The painter

constantly needs to see acertain quality of light, aflickering, an airypalpitation bathing what hesees.”

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MuseumsLecterns Visits

Impressions of Antibes

Claude Monet (1840-1926)Antibes seen from the Salis (1888)Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, United-States

Dominated by the Grimaldi Castle that now houses the Picasso Museum, the town ofAntibes proudly overlooks the Mediterranean, rich with its 3,000-year history. From itsimposing ramparts to the seaside resort of Juan-les-Pins lies a peninsula full ofcontrasts, lined with beaches of fine sand, welcoming harbours and rocky inlets boundedby sheer cliffs. Twenty-five kilometres of coastline where Impressionists and Pointillistsset up their easels to capture the miracle of light in this natural Eden, on the bluewaves caressing or beating against the ramparts. www.antibesjuanlespins.com


The quest for light

“In order to paint here, one would needgold and precious stones.”, Claude Monetwrote in 1888 during his stay at Capd’Antibes. The unreal intensity of theMediterranean light struck the painter. In the morning, in the afternoon, heworked ceaselessly to capture its incessantshimmering on the ramparts of the oldtown, the leaves and the surface of thewater. The shapes are diluted in theambient scintillation where the beauty ofthe moment lingers...

An absolute must: the Picasso Museum

The first museum to be dedicated to the master, the PicassoMuseum of Antibes is home to some 245 of his works.Displayed in the Grimaldi Castle, this exceptional collectionis the result of the privileged ties between Pablo Picasso andthe town where the artist was invited, in 1946, to set up astudio. Six months later, after a period of intense creation,he left 23 paintings and 44 drawings to the city of Antibes.The best known include: La Joie de vivre, Satyre, faune et

centaure au trident, Le Gobeur d’oursins, La Chèvre, the

Antipolis series, Têtes de faunes, etc. More works by Picassohave been added since: paintings, drawings, ceramics, printsand tapestries. There are also works by other contemporarymasters like Picabia, Nicolas de Staël, Hans Hartung,Balthus, Brassaï, Yves Klein, etc.

Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)Harbour of Antibes (1893)Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts, Nice

Antibes between the sea and sky, an ideal subject for the pre-

Impressionist painter Eugène Boudin.

Raymond Peynet (1908-1999)The lovers by the ramparts (1985) - Peynet Museum, Antibes

Peynet’s lovers in front of an idyllic view of Antibes; an artist to whom the city dedicated a museum.

Focus on the magic of the Riviera

As you walk along the seafront, you, too, can admire the same bewitchinglandscapes and the works they inspired: Plage de la Salis (beach),Promenade du Bastion, Pointe de l’Ilet and Boulevard de Bacon on Capd’Antibes. Winding near the water between the sun-splashed whitelimestone rocks, the Customs Trail will take you along the walls ofsumptuous villas all the way to Cap d’Antibes. The sea spray meets thefragrance of the tall Aleppo pines and other Mediterranean trees...

A dazzling 360° panorama

From the little harbour of La Salis, Chemin duCalvaire leads up to Plateau de la Garoupe. This is anopportunity to stop in front of Peynet’s Calvaire deNotre-Dame-des-Amoureux, before going to Chapellede la Garoupe, famous for votive plaques (ex-votos)left by fishermen in gratitude for divine intercession.From this privileged belvedere, you can admire theAlpine foothills as well as the Bay of Juan-les-Pinsagainst the background of the Isles of Lérins, Cannesand the Estérel mountains.

“What I will take back from here will be the mildness itself -

white, pink, blue - all wrapped up in that magical air.”Claude Monet

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Stretching nonchalantly along its fine sandy beaches, Cannes and its famous Boulevardde La Croisette sparkle with countless lights: those of spotlights during theInternational Film Festival focused on the town lit up by the stars of cinema and thoseof the ever-present sun whose rays burst into countless sparks on the Bay’s turquoisewaters. The Bay is a natural jewel enhanced by two pearls: the Isles of Lérins and theflamboyant Estérel massif with its craggy peaks and steep valleys. www.cannes.fr

Artists, ambassadors of this dream setting

Since the 19th century, rich British aristocrats, then many artistsand filmmakers began promoting this legendary Eden. Like thepainters Pierre Bonnard, Théo Tobiasse, Emmanuel Bellini andJean-Gabriel Domergue, let yourself be inspired by the typicalcharm of the Riviera in this sumptuous natural setting and this

multifaceted town... You can see their works in the BelliniChapel where the painter set up his studio; at Villa Domerguewith its gardens and architecture inspired by Venetian palaces; orat Musée de la Castre at the Castle of Cannes. You can reach it beclimbing the narrow streets whose houses boast brightly colouredshutters in the town’s historic centre, Le Suquet. There, you canadmire the works of painters from Provence and Cannes andenjoy a breathtaking view on the Bay of Cannes.

Museums

Cannes,festival of all lights


Pointe Croisette

Adolphe Fioupou (1824-1899)Cannes (1862)Musée de la Castre, Cannes

In 1862 already, thelandscape painter Adolphe

Fioupou became attachedto the peaceful charm ofCannes, a small maritime

town still unknown to theworld.

At the foot of the historic

Le Suquet district, small

fishing boats are lined up

in the Old Port of Cannes.

Bay of Cannes.

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Eugène Boudin (1824-1898)Bay of Villefranche (1892)Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts, Nice

In 1892, Eugène Boudin settled in

Villefranche-sur-Mer, a privileged site for

this pre-Impressionist painter of

seascapes, many of whose works show

the lives of fishermen in harbours and

markets.

Raymond Tournon (1870-1919)Les filets de Villefranche (1918)

Private collection

A privileged harbour for the mostprestigious cruise ships, Villefranche-sur-Mer is a splendid stopover, immortalizedby many painters.

Exploring Rue Obscure (dark street) plunges visitors straight intothe town’s past. Built between the 14th and 16th centuries, thiscorridor covering over a 130-metre stretch served to shelter thepopulation in case of bombing. The poet Jean Cocteau, soattached to the town where he stayed often, painted thismediaeval passageway.

The artist also left his mark on Chapelle Saint-Pierre, which hedecorated in 1957 with murals evoking the life of the ApostlePeter (patron saint of fishermen), the Mediterranean atmosphereand his sympathy for fishermen.The imposing citadel, witness to a turbulent past, now housesfour museums, in particular the Volti Foundation displaying theartist’s sculptures and sanguine drawings, and the GoetzBoumeester Museum with works by Goetz and drawings by suchmasters as Picasso, Miró, Hartung...Returning to the Customs Trail, you can also walk around theCap Ferrat peninsula, east of the Bay, with its wonderful vistason the Mediterranean, pristine inlets, spectacular cliffs andluxury villas. www.villefranche-sur-mer.com

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The Bay of Villefranche,an idyllic model

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Jacques Guiaud (1810-1876)View of Villefranche (1856)Museum of Fine Arts, Carcassone

In 1847, Jacques Guiaud settled in Nice. His delicate

refined painting strongly appealed to members of the

rich Russian colony. His works depict picturesque

sights of the Riviera and its hinterland, ports and

local events, like the arrival of Tsarina Alexandra

Feodorovna in Villefranche-sur-Mer.

Starting from the lovely little harbour at the foot of theold town, it is enough to stroll a few minutes along the

fishermen’s wharfs to reach the long beach ofVillefranche with its turquoise waters.

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Dream settings - life size

The Castle of Haut-de-Cagnes, from Domaine des Collettes

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From natural parks to extraordinarygardens, the FrenchRiviera is ideal forbucolic wanderings in a luxuriant setting withsomething of Paradise.

In the heart of the pine groves to the strainsof the crickets’ song, along rocky slopescolonized by succulent plants, in leafygardens lulled by the fresh murmur offountains, relive the wonder of the greatestpainters. Renoir, Cross, Monet, Matisse... wereinspired by the sublime contours of theselandscapes, manmade or untouched, payingvibrant tribute to Nature on the Riviera.

Claude Monet (1840-1926)Morning at Antibes (1888)Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania,United-States

It was Eugène Boudin who instilled a

taste for outdoor painting in the young

Monet. Later, the master of Impressionism

also went to the Riviera to seize the

fleeting nuances of ever-changing Nature,

like the shimmering leaves delicately

softened by the morning light.

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Maurice Gottlob (1885-1960)L’Etang de Mougins (1948)Gottlob Museum, Mougins

Impressions on canvas

At the end of the 19th century, Impressionist painters weredrawn to the Mediterranean and its landscapes.Their paintings reflect the profound emotion they experiencedthrough contact with Nature that enchanted their works,‘snapshots’ with bright luminous colours. Like them, let youreyes wander in the foliage of cypress, pine or cork-oak treeswith their incessant play on light. Let yourself be permeatedwith the scents and colours of the arbutus, broom, heather,rockrose, myrtle, lavender and olive trees.

Henri-Edmond Cross (born H. E. Delacroix) (1856-1910)Les cyprès à Cagnes (1908)Musée d’Orsay, Paris

With pointillist touches, Cross was able to render all the

gaiety of the vicinity of Cagnes, with Nature bathed in light

and, in the background, the house that would later be the

home of the singer Suzy Solidor.

The French Riviera, colour in all its purity

The solar yellow of the mimosa, sun-drenched stretches ofgreenery between the shade of the trees, multicoloured corollasof flower gardens... This explosion of colours also subjugatedFauvist painters, influenced by Gauguin and Van Gogh. The boldpalettes of Matisse, Derain and Dufy were passionately suited tothe Mediterranean landscapes, ablaze with light. These coloursare just as intense today, artfully strewn about the exoticgardens of the Riviera or freely scattered in untamed Nature...

Visiting Val Rahmeh in

Menton is like a botanical

world tour.

The outstanding garden,

which belongs to the

National Museum of

Natural History, is

dedicated to the

acclimation and

conservation of species

that are rare or have

disappeared from their

natural habitat.


“When I realized I would see that light every morning,

I could not believe my good fortune.” Henri Matisse

Enchanting gardens of theCôte d’Azur

In the 19th century, prestigiouslandscape painters and gardenerssublimated the French Riviera,already richly endowed with bits ofParadise where Nature, art andhistory blend so harmoniously.Some of the most remarkable...• In Menton, Jardin Maria Sérénawith its tropical plants, palm treesand cycads; Jardin Serre de laMadone, a listed historical monument; Jardin Fontana Rosaand its pergolas, arbours and busts of famous writers; thePalais Carnolès garden with the largest collection of citrustrees in Europe; Val Rahmeh botanical garden and its rareplants, etc.• Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild at Saint-Jean-Cap Ferrat withits gardens from all over the world.• Designed in the “French style”, in the tradition of LeNôtre, the gardens of the Château de Gourdon, an island ofgreenery at the tip of a rocky spuroverlooking the Loup Valley.• The gardens of Château de La Napoule,with sculptures of fantastic or grotesqueinspiration.• The gardens of Fondation Maeght, withworks by the greatest modern andcontemporary artists.

A stroll though a billionaire’s

dream, through the nine

gardens of Villa Ephrussi de

Rothschild at Saint-Jean-Cap-

Ferrat. A succession of

landscaped compositions

starting with the large “jardin

à la française”, the rose

garden, the Spanish garden,

the Florentine alley, the

lapidary garden, the Japanese

garden nestled in bamboo,

the exotic rock garden,

the “jardin de Sèvres” and

the Provençal garden.

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“One morning, one of us ran outof black and used

blue: Impressionismwas born.”Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Henri Matisse (1869-1954)Le Jardin de Renoir (1925)Private collection, Switzerland

Renoir had died seven years earlier. Matisse returned to his friend’s

home and painted the garden of Les Collettes, capturing all the

intimacy and magic of this Garden of Eden where “Vénus Vitrix”

seems timeless and very much alive.


Renoir Museum


Domaine des Collettes and its olive trees over 600 years old at Cagnes-sur-Mer

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)The farm at Les Collettes (1915)Renoir Museum, Cagnes-sur-Mer

Cagnes-sur-MerDomaine Renoir, an inspired site

In 1908, Pierre Auguste Renoir moved with his family to Domaine des Collettes at Cagnes-sur-Mer. TheImpressionist master had succumbed to the charm of its splendid olive grove. It was to save thesecenturies-old olive trees from being cut down that he decided to acquire the estate where he spent thelast eleven years of his life. www.cagnes-tourisme.com

The atmosphere of his works pervades this haven of peace, today the Renoir Museum. The master’s aura is still very much presenthere. His house and studio have preserved the natural simplicity and poetry to which he aspired. Eleven original paintings are ondisplay. His presence can also be felt in the garden, with its many flowers. Today, it hosts many cultural events, including concerts ofvocal music, Voix du Domaine Renoir, which re-enchant this timeless bucolic site. You can imagine the artist seated in front of hiseasel, facing the olive grove. A dream setting against the background of the perched mediaeval town of Haut-de-Cagnes...

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“Cities of Art”Meeting with the soul of the Riviera

22 In the great masters’ footsteps... “Cities of Art”

Square - Villeneuve-Loubet

Erwin Sutter (1897-1976)Rue de la Fontette (1935)Municipal library, Grasse

Visions of light and shadow

Today, painters still set up their easels in the townsand villages of the Côte d’Azur, whose power ofseduction remains intact.Cagnes-sur-Mer, Villeneuve-Loubet, Mougins, Saint-Paul,Menton, Grasse... their tall façades of stone or brightlycoloured rendering still project their silhouettes onnarrow passages, while arcaded houses and old vaultedalleyways are sheltered from the heat of the sun. Thisalternation of insolent light and dark shaded areasechoes the contrasting visions of Nabi or Expressionistpainters like Chaïm Soutine, Félix Vallotton, ErwinSutter and William H. Johnson.

Huddled at the foot of theimpressive cliffs of the baous,perched atop rocky peaks orstretching along broadattractive bays, the towns andvillages of the French Rivierahave captivated the greatestpainters, for a single work or fora lifetime.

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Let yourself be charmed by the typically Mediterraneanatmosphere of the “Cities of Art”. Wend your way throughthe maze of paved streets with delectation and stroll onlittle town squares brimming with flowers against themurmur of fountains.

From the fragrant flowers of thesurroundings of Grasse to the delightfulscent of perfume, Grasse, a “City of Artand History”, offers a great tradition todiscover. www.grasse.fr

In this town with its Provençal spirit, distillation and enfleuragehave acquired their world renown over the centuries. TheInternational Museum of Perfumery will take you through thecomplexities of this wonderful olfactory world. It retraces thehistory of perfume, soap and cosmetics over four thousand yearsand unveils the different steps in the creation of a perfume.But in Grasse, another alchemy continues to prevail, that of theold town, with its blend of mediaeval buildings, 17th-centurytownhouses and fine 18th-century villas spiralling around thecathedral. This is a heritage you will want to take in with eyeswide open, as you walk through narrow streets and squares,where Charles Nègre, Raoul Dufy, Yvon Peron et Erwin Sutterpainted their works. Other interesting sights include the Jean-Honoré Fragonard Villa Museum, with works by the famous 18th-century painter who was born in Grasse.

GrasseFragrances of art and history...


Yvon Peron (1910)View of Grasse (1996)

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Provence, Grasse


Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)View of Grasse (circa 1930)

National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

View of Grasse

MuseumsLecternsMentonPearl of the Baroque on the Riviera

Maurice Frido (1926)Grande vue de Menton (2002)Museum of Fine Arts, Palais Carnolès, Menton

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)Parvis Saint Michel (circa 1927)Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts, Nice

Lemon, orange, palm, mimosa trees... the exuberance of the vegetation seems to bereflected in that of the architecture of this city, a balcony anchored on the edge of theMediterranean Sea. www.menton.fr

In Menton, everything is rapturous. Thanks to the almost subtropical climate, many exotic plants are easily acclimated in luxuriantgardens. Fine homes and palaces bear witness to the town’s elegant aristocratic past. And the brilliance of the cloudless sky rivalsthat of the sumptuous Baroque decoration of Place Saint-Michel or the old town’s campaniles with their glazed tiles.Thus, at the confines of the Côte d’Azur, Menton has delighted painters like Jean Cocteau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice Frido, JosephInguimberty and Ernest Louis Lessieux, who found here a paradise up to their inspiration.A “City of Art and History”, it continues to celebrate artists’ talent with the Cocteau Museum in the Bastion overlooking the sea orthe Palais Carnolès Museum of Fine Arts. And popular tradition is very much present, too, with the “Fête du Citron”, famous for itsfloats decorated with citrus fruit whose acid colours brighten up the winter.

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VenceThe magic of the hills

Museums

Chapelle du Rosaire,Matisse’s spiritualtestament

In 1943, Matisse decided to move away fromthe threat of bombing in Nice. He rentedVilla Le Rêve in Vence where he lived for sixyears. He closed this long parenthesis bydecorating Chapelle du Rosaire for theDominican nuns of Vence with murals,stained-glass windows, vestments, liturgicalobjects... “This work has taken four years of

constant exclusive work; it is the result of my

entire active life,” he wrote. Matisse madethis sacred place into a limpid site whoseluminous simplicity verges on the sublime,making visitors feel “purified and relieved oftheir burdens.” This is a unique structurewhere the master delivered the quintessenceof his art.

Within view, the blue ribbon of the shore, thewhite limestone cliffs of vertiginous baous, thegentle curves of hills and dales... Ideally located,Vence has always had a knack for attractingartists, a privilege it has preserved to this day...www.vence.fr

Just a few kilometres away from the Mediterranean Sea, old Vence girdledin its mediaeval ramparts is more evocative of the hinterland than thecoast. It offers its markets with stalls permeated with the scent of herbs ofProvence, its maze of narrow streets whose orientation defies the wind andsun, its vaulted passageways and fine weathered 17th and 18th-centuryfaçades.A timeless grace emanates from this city that charmed Matisse, Soutine,Carzou to name only a few. Buoyed up by this authentic town, Dufyimagined the Cargo noir series. The cathedral boasts a mosaic by Chagall.Dubuffet built his house and studio here, later acquired by thecontemporary painter Nall who also bought a quiet wooded estate for theNall Art Association. This estate opens its studios to painters, sculptors,writers and musicians. In Vence, art is very much in stride with the times,greeting today’s creators and their works, for example, at the FondationÉmile Hugues at the Château de Villeneuve.


View of Vence Fondation Emile Hughes Chapelle du Rosaire

LecternsVilleneuve-LoubetBetween tradition and modernity

Charles PerrotLes Bords du Loup

(circa 1940)Private collection

From the immense castle to the imposingpyramidal silhouette of Marina Baie desAnges, cultural discovery and Nature makeVilleneuve-Loubet a privileged venue forfamily holidays. www.ot-villeneuveloubet.org

This is where André Derain, Félix Ziem and Charles Perrot set uptheir easels. The birthplace of Auguste Escoffier - King of chefsand chef of Kings - deserves special attention. The steep flower-decked streets of the old hilltop village will take you to theMuseum of culinary art in the house where was born this great

chef, the inventor of “peach Melba” in particular.With your appetite whetted, you can enjoy a meal at one of theterraces that come alive in good weather, before exploringVilleneuve-Loubet’s historic heart, all the way to the castle ofRomeo de Villeneuve, an impressive mediaeval fortress with atower thirty-three metres high.The modern town stretches down to the Mediterranean Sea with4 km of beaches dominated by Marina Baie des Anges. With itsdaring concrete pyramids, this seaside complex is recognized aspart of the architectural heritage of the 20th century.In addition to water sports, many activities are practised in the120-hectare Parc de Vaugrenier and Parc des Rives du Loup:adventure trail, golf course, horseback riding, etc.

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Castle of Villeneuve-Loubet Marina Baie des Anges

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881-1973)Paysage de Mougins II (1965)New Pinacothek, Munich

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881-1973)Night Fishing at Antibes (1939)Museum of Modern Art, New York

A journey, a brief stay, an invitation from friends was enough for strong tiesto form between the greatest artists and the Côte d’Azur.

Picasso in Antibes, Vallauris and Mougins, Chagall in Saint-Paul, Cocteau in Villefranche-sur-Mer and Menton, Bonnard in Le Cannet... All ofthem found fertile inspiration in these dynamic authentic towns. Today, the works they realized here are witness to the intense artisticcreativity fostered in these cities.

Painters’ favourite sights on the Riviera

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From Antibes to Vallauris and Mougins,the master in the midst of creativity

Picasso began visiting the Riviera in 1919, with short stays in Saint-Raphaël, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes... These were summer breaks in whichhis Mediterranean cradle brought him back to the founding myths. Hepainted La Flûte de Pan and worked on the theme of the Minotaur.But it was in 1946 that he was completely “overwhelmed byAntiquity.” He was able to settle in Antibes, at the Grimaldi Castlewhere, for six months, he plunged into intense creation. His talentsurged forth in his vast studio bathed in sunlight and overlooking thesea. Fauns, centaurs and satyrs dance their way through his works,giving expression to his joy of living on this convivial shore.From 1948 to 1955, Picasso lived in Vallauris, a town of craftsmenwith a strong pottery-making tradition. There he indulged a passionfor ceramics, creating nearly 4,500 pieces! Then, tirelessly, heresumed the making of paintings, sculptures, linocuts. The painteralso decided to leave a durable trace in his favourite town bydecorating the Romanesque chapel in the Castle of Vallauris. There herealized a truly masterly work, La Guerre et La Paix (War and Peace),bearing witness to his attachment to the commune.Aware of its value, the inhabitants obtained the status of NationalMuseum for the chapel.Picasso ended his stay on the Riviera in Mougins. It was in “L’Antredu Minotaure”, his home near Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Vie, that hepursued his creative momentum until the very end.

Pablo Picasso Les pigeons, Cannes, 1957Picasso Museum, Barcelona

Lecterns Museums

Built on a hill with cypress and olive trees, Mougins overlooks the Bay of Cannes. It is in this privileged site that Picasso chose tospend the last fifteen years of his life. In 1961, he moved into a large house near Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Vie. Driven by a creativeinspiration as vital as ever, he continued his work there, surrounded by his wife Jacqueline and friends, André Villers, in particular,whose photographs of Picasso are on display in the Photography Museum of Mougins.Since the 19th century, Mougins has attracted many more artists: Cocteau, Gottlob, Paul Éluard, Man Ray, Brel, Piaf, Christian Dior...stayed there. Picabia built Château de Mai. Today, the mediaeval streets are always brimming with the activity of artists from allhorizons present in the many art galleries and painters’ studios in this enchanting village. Others practise their art... in the kitchen.In Mougins’s restaurants, gastronomy is also an art in which great chefs collect (Michelin) stars. www.mougins-coteazur.org

Maurice GottlobVillage de Mougins sous ciel nuageux (1946)Musée Gottlob, Mougins

Picasso in Provence Côte d’Azur

This is a new tourist itinerary with museums and placeswhere one of the 20th century’s most famous painterslived and worked.An itinerary between Avignon and Vallauris, the betterto understand this exceptional artist’s career. Majorexhibitions and cultural events in cities and on sites aswell as a selection of hotels, restaurants, art classesand workshops enrich the tour.

Mougins and Picasso,a story of life

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Marc Chagall (1887-1985)Couple in the blue landscape (1969/71)Private collection

Marc Chagall (1887-1985)Table in front of village (1968)Private collection

Saint-Paul-de-VenceAn invitation to art...

Since the 1920s, major figures in the worlds of art, letters and cinemacontributed to the cultural renown of Saint-Paul de Vence. Matisse,Modigliani, Prévert, Chaplin, Doisneau, Clouzot, Montand, Signoret... allwalked its delightful little streets. Today, the village continues promotingcontemporary art with its famous galleries and Fondation Maeght withworks by Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque and Adami in particular.


ChagallJoy of living and creating in Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Marc Chagall and his wife Vava settled in Saint-Paul de Vence in 1966. On Chemin desGardettes on the edge of Bois de la Sine, they built “La Colline”, a big house made oflocal stone in the midst of the Mediterranean vegetation so dear to the artist. In thisplace designed for rest, leisure and work, Chagall pursued his creation. His brushtransformed the commonplace into something magical, thanks to his intense colourswith cheerful combinations of mystic purples, luminous reds, shimmering greens andoxide blues.Colours reflecting the pleasure of living in Saint-Paul, where Marc Chagall could beseen having breakfast at Café de la Place or lunch at La Colombe d’Or. And there wereother painters, like Pablo Picasso, Miró and Antoine Verdet.He bequeathed several works to the village that welcomed him for twenty years: thepainting Ma vie and the mosaic Les Amoureux at the nearby Fondation Maeght.Offered by Vava, an original drawing by Chagall also served as the model for themosaic on the façade of the village school: a symbol of joy, a beaming child smilingat life, as the painter did so well at the light of Saint-Paul...www.saint-pauldevence.com

The White Penitents’Chapel decorated byFolon

“Attaching my name to a chapel in

Saint-Paul will be a declaration of love

to all those I have loved in this

village...” explains Folon, who agreedto decorate the White Penitents’Chapel. It would be his last work. In2005, the artist died before itscompletion and master craftsmenpursued his project. Inaugurated inJune 2008, the Chapel today istestimony to Folon’s poetic imaginationwith an immense mosaic, stained-glasswindows, paintings and sculptures onthe theme of giving.


Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947)Landscape at Le Cannet (circa 1927)

Musée de l’Annonciade, Saint-Tropez

Old Cannet retains the charm of traditional Provence

with its narrow stepped streets, little squares and

artists’ studios.

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1927)Paysage du Midi (circa 1923)Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse

Pierre Bonnard was not yet living inVilla Le Bosquet but he was alreadyunder the spell of the superb vistas

he could enjoy from the heights of Le Cannet, landscapes he wouldcontinue to paint until his last years.

Chapelle St-Sauveur in Le Cannet, restored by the

painter Théo Tobiasse.

LecternsBonnard,subjugated by the colours of Le Cannet

In 1926, Pierre Bonnard bought Villa Le Bosquet, where he settled for good in 1938 with his wife Marthe. On the heights of Le Cannet,Bonnard’s chromatic ecstasies carried this Nabi painter to the peak of his art.In the shelter of an amphitheatre of hills covered with pine, mimosa and orange trees, this site overlooks the Bay of Cannes. Luxuriantvegetation, blue sky and water, ruddy Estérel Massif in the background... the colours explode. Bonnard made them vibrate in the manyworks he created in Le Cannet, inspired by its splendid vistas or everyday life he sublimated with such talent.www.lecannet.com

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Cocteau’s elegant Riviera

“The French Riviera is thegreenhouse in which roots grow;

Paris is the shop where theflowers are sold.”Jean Cocteau

A fervent adept of the Riviera, Jean Cocteau found his muse here.His artistic career followed a magnificent cliffside path to Menton.Cocteau directed Beauty and the Beast at La Victorine film studiosin Nice. A few years earlier, in Monte Carlo, he had worked withthe Ballets Russes. At Villefranche-sur-Mer, he wrote Orphée,painted the famous Rue Obscure in the old town and decoratedChapelle Saint-Pierre. At Cap d’Ail, he created a Greek theatre. Healso covered Villa Santo Sospir at Cap Ferrat with mythologicalmurals.All the artist’s poetry can be sensed in the murals he painted inthe Wedding Hall at the Menton town hall, and the CocteauMuseum he created himself in the 17th-century Bastionoverlooking the sea, where his paintings, watercolours, drawings,tapestries and mosaics are displayed. Since 2005, this collectionhas been enriched with an exceptional gift by the collectorSéverin Wunderman: a total of 1,525 works, some of which arealready shown to the public, until the opening of the futureCocteau Museum which will house the entire collection in 2010.


After having served for storing fishing nets, Chapelle Saint-Pierre on

the harbour was restored by Cocteau in 1956-1957. The artist’s

murals on the inside walls evoke the life of the Apostle Peter, patron

saint of his fishermen friends, as well as scenes of Mediterranean

life, in particular Les Demoiselles de Villefranche.

Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)Rue Obscure (1956-57)Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Citadel of Villefranche-sur-Mer

Musée du Bastion - Menton

MuseumsLecterns

Mediterranean Sea

* Future partner towns

The itinerary in the greatmasters’ footsteps expands

A great success for the initiators of this original itinerary through the French Riviera’s mostsplendid sights! Since 2007, it has charmed the public, surprised and delighted to follow thesecultural paths off the beaten track and punctuated with artistic masterpieces..

More and more communes are joining in this operation with its growing success.The itinerary in the great masters’ footsteps will soon have new lecterns in Nice, Vence, Sospel,Lucéram... “La Côte d’Azur des Peintres” has many more fine artistic escapades in store.From Nice into the mountains of the hinterland, there are already a few additional possibilities topursue the exploration of this prestigious heritage, a rich mosaic of late Gothic, Baroque, modernand contemporary art.

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Nice, the sky, the sea, the land and sunshine seemto have conspired to create Baie des Anges, aradiant garden of Eden echoed in the Baroque goldand ochre of Old Nice and creamy Belle-Époquefaçades along Promenade des Anglais and on theHill of Cimiez, and mirrored in the glass walls ofcontemporary buildings.

Sculptural itinerary

An architectural jewel fashioned over the centuries,Nice today is studded with sculptures attesting tothe city’s privileged ties with modern art. At theAirport, Max Cartier’s Voyageur salutes incomingvisitors, opening the way to a sculptural itinerarythat includes Farhi’s Dissémination at L’Arénas,Sosno’s monumental Hôtel Elysée Palace façade,

Bernar Venet’s Arc 115°5 in Albert Ier Gardens and,along Promenade des Arts and Promenade duPaillon, works by Arman, César, Tobiasse, Chia, Gilli,etc.

Art in the city

By day and by night, art is a daily experience alongthe tramway with fourteen works by world-famousartists: Jaume Plensa’s Conversation à Nice avec les

sept penseurs on Place Masséna; Ben’s 76handwritten aphorisms at each stop; Jean-MichelOthoniel’s Confident at Square Doyen Lepine;Jacques Vieille’s Palmiers vertigineux opalescents,etc. This series represents the largest commissionfor urban art in France.

Nicecultural capital ofthe French Riviera

Jaume PlensaConversation à Nice

Place Masséna

Ben (Benjamin Vautier)

Aphorismes calligraphiéssur les stations du

tramway (handwritten

signs at the tramwaystops).

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A land dedicated to the arts, Nice today grants a special place to creativity.At the dawn of the Third millennium, its exceptional artistic heritage can beseen side by side with surprising modernity in the streets, gardens, squares,museums and galleries. This cultural prestige makes the city today aninternational capital of art...www.nicetourism.com

Sacha SosnoTête Carrée

Sculpture habitée(lived-in sculpture)

Nice, the painters’ muse

The birthplace of the Bréa family, masters of Gothicpanel painting, home to the famous Van Loo family,immortalized by 19th-century landscape painters,Nice has attracted and inspired the greatestpainters. Toulouse Lautrec, Modigliani, Utrillo, Dufy,Renoir, Chagall, Matisse stayed her. The city’s manymuseums reflect the intense artistic creation itaroused.At Musée Masséna, in a sumptuous seaside villa, alarge collection of paintings depict life in Nice fromthe 19th century to the end of the 1930s. TheMuseum of Fine Arts also offers immersion in thecity’s artistic past in a villa built for PrincessKochubei with works by Brea, Van Loo, Fragonard,Boudin, Mossa, Chéret, Dufy... In Cimiez, in asplendid garden, the Chagall Museum displays majorworks by the artist, including the seventeen BiblicalMessage paintings. Château Sainte-Hélène houses

Anatole and Renée Jakowski’s prestigious collectionof Naïve Art with over six hundred paintings andgraphic works. This rich and diverse pictorialitinerary also includes the MAMAC (Museum ofModern and Contemporary Art).

The art of the landscapepainters of Nice

Hercule Trachel, Emmanuel Costa, Cyrille Besset,Joseph Fricero, Alexis Mossa... these street namesfamiliar to the people of Nice are those of 19th-century landscape painters. They were the first tocapture on their canvases the charm of a coast thatwould soon become world-famous...More and more British and Russian aristocrats choseto winter in Nice, then in Cannes, attracted by themild climate. Throughout the 19th century, thisgrowing fashion of winter holidays favoured thelandscape painters of Nice. Wealthy winter visitorsappreciated their works, taking them back assouvenirs of their stays.These landscape painters celebrated the shore,panoramas seen from the heights above the cities,districts that were still completely “rural”.Joseph Fricero, who married Tsar Nicholas I’s naturaldaughter, painted grandiose panoramas of rocks,mountainous horizons blending in warm ochreshades. Augustin Carlone preferred more romanticviews. From 1863 to 1926, Alexis Mossa created overseven thousand watercolours, an incomparableinventory of the region.The landscapes are on display at Musée Masséna orthe Museum of Fine Arts.

Musée MassénaTwenty-three exhibitionrooms on the history ofNice and its artistic

heritage, from 1792 to1939.

Matisse shapes light Matisse was forty-eight years old when he fell in love with Baie des Anges. He lived in Nice near the sea,which dazzled him, from Hôtel Beau Rivage on Quai des États-Unis, then on Promenade des Anglais beforehe settled in a fine ochre building on the lively colourful Place Charles-Félix, at the eastern end of CoursSaleya. Only the leafy Castle Hill separatedhim from the Port and the Club Nautiquewhere he enjoyed rowing.These magical sites inspired him. The light ofthe Riviera became the raw material for hisworks, filtering through the partly opened

louvered shutters of the rooms where he enjoyed painting. He alsocaptured it in Cagnes-sur-Mer, setting up his easel at his friendRenoir’s estate at Domaine des Collettes. And he marvelled at theMediterranean at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat where he stayed in Villa LouMandi or near the Port.In 1939, Matisse moved to the heights of Cimiez at the Regina, whereQueen Victoria had once stayed. Until his death in 1954, the painterspent most of his time in this elegant Belle-Époque district where hisworks and personal belongings are now on display at the MatisseMuseum. It is in a superb 17th-century Genoese villa in Parc desArènes near the ancient Roman amphitheatre of Cimiez. There youcan glimpse the master’s creative privacy...

Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)Feu d’artifice à Nice, le casino de la jetée-promenade (1947)Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts, Nice

Matisse Museum,near the Roman amphitheatre of Cimiez,entirely dedicated to the artist’s life and work.

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The French Riviera could have rested on the artistic laurels of itsremarkable cultural heritage. But, far from stopping there, the regionopened to modernity and the artistic avant-garde.Here, contemporary artists freed themselves from their elders’ prestigiousshadow, contributing new approaches to painting. Today, prestigemuseums and foundations echo their explorations.The French Riviera has also remained ideal for the emergence andflourishing of today’s talents with the Villa Arson Art School as well asmajor art galleries and more original exhibition venues for displaying theirworks. On the Côte d’Azur, the future of painting is definitely on the move.

Havens for contemporary art

Villa Arson,in Nice, an institution of

higher learning,exhibition and artistic

exchange betweencreators.

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MAMACtemple to modern andcontemporary art in Nice.

Fernand LégerNational Museumin Biot where “abstract artleads to murals”.

Museum of Modern andContemporary Art - NiceShowcase for the School of Nice

On Promenade des Arts and Promenade du Paillonstands a fabulous architectural complex with one ofits epicentres at the MAMAC (Museum of Modernand Contemporary Art). Its collections are builtaround the French and American avant-garde fromthe 1960s to the present. Significant worksillustrate New York Pop Art, echoed by French‘Nouveau Réalisme’, first promoted by Yves Klein,Arman and Martial Raysse. An entire room isdedicated to Klein, the Museum’s emblematicfigure, with some twenty major works.The MAMAC collections also include contributionsfrom American Abstraction, Minimalism and‘Support-Surface’ in France with Claude Viallat,Bernard Pagès, Noël Dolla, Louis Cane, etc. Andthere is Fluxus with the creations of Ben andartists from ‘Figuration Libre’ who, in the 1980s,developed themes linked to comics, graffiti andstreet slogans.www.mamac-nice.org

Villa Arson - NiceThe future of painting

Dedicated to contemporary art, Villa Arsoncomprises an art school, an exhibition centre andartists’ residences. It is a privileged venue fortraining the talents of tomorrow, in a settingparticularly favourable for creativity on the Hill ofSaint-Barthélemy, in the north of Nice. It occupiesan estate covering over two hectares overlookingthe city of Nice and Baie des Anges.Every year, several exhibitions are held featuringartists at the start of their careers or little knownin France.www.villa-arson.org

Three nationalmuseums

Fernand Léger Museum - BiotFrom painting to ceramics...

In the 1950s, the painter Fernand Léger went toBiot regularly to work with one of his formerstudents, the ceramist Roland Brice. In his studioon Impasse des Roses, he made many pieces, likeLa Femme au perroquet.Today, the Fernand Léger Museum greets visitors atthe foot of the village, on the estate of Le MasSaint-André. With 348 original works by FernandLéger - drawings, paintings, stained glass andceramics - the collection illustrates the artist’spictorial evolution, from neo-Impressionism, toCubism, then to Abstract Art and Mechanicalworks.

Marc Chagall Message BibliqueMuseum - NiceArt and spirituality

The artist wished to bring together in a singleplace his seventeen Biblical Message paintings. Thisis how the idea for this Museum came about.Today, it features the largest public collection ofworks by Chagall. In the vast rooms, the painter’sart is enhanced by the sobriety of thecontemporary architecture, which includes stainedglass and mosaics by the artist. This is a museumin which to immerse oneself in Chagall’s fantasticspiritual universe with its brightly coloured worksfilled with Biblical characters, creatures that arehalf man, half animal, people in levitation...

“War and Peace” Picasso Museum - VallaurisA temple to Peace

Picasso celebrated his seventieth birth in thedeconsecrated chapel in the Château de Vallauriswhere the inhabitants organized a banquet in hishonour. Aware of the symbolism of the site andcharmed by the vaulted ceiling, he dreamed ofmaking it into a ‘Temple to Peace’. After making250 preparatory sketches, Picasso finally realizedtwo immense panels, La Guerre (War) and La Paix

(Peace), set up in the chapel in 1954. A third one,Les Quatre parties du monde (The four parts of theworld), completed the display in 1957. This wasthe master’s last great political composition.This is a visit not to be missed, as essential as thePicasso Museum in Antibes (see p.10).

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“La Guerre et La Paix” chapel in the Picasso Museum, Vallauris

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The School of Nice

At the end of the 1950s, Yves Klein, Arman and Martial Raysseopted for a joyful turbulent artistic rebellion against theintellectualism that was de rigueur. They signed the Manifesto ofNew Realism, the first movement of the School of Nice.Other artists joined them: Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Spoerri,Hains, César...What did they have in common? Creative exploration at thecrossroads of life and art that appropriated everyday objects, aswell as their complicity, fantasy and non-conformism: “We live inthis land of leisure, which gives us that spirit of madness,”declared Yves Klein.With the School of Nice, the attitude was also an artistic reality.A master in this genre, Ben Vautier’s writing and performancesare now an integral part of art history, like his extravagant“Magasin-Galerie Ben doute de tout”, on display at Beaubourg inParis. Then, after 1965, painting became its own object with theartistic approach of “Support-Surface”, including Claude Vialatand Noël Dolla, whose explorations concentrated on the veryelements forming the painting. Rich in all these avant-gardeapproaches, the School of Nice brought a new view of art and theworld, recognized worldwide today.

Fondation Maeght - Saint-Paul de VenceArt in a natural setting

Fondation Maeght is a unique venue, boasting one of the largestcollections of modern and contemporary art in Europe, withnearly 9,000 works. But is it truly a museum? Here, art iseverywhere. It is not on display, it is something that must beexperienced and takes on its full dimension in an architecturalcomplex that goes beyond the boundaries separating indoors andoutdoors.Often monumental, the works blend in with the landscape,caressed by the sunshine and shade of the pine trees. On thelawns, sculptures by Calder, Ossip Zadkine and Chillida offerthemselves freely to view. Strolling through the Foundation’sgardens leads to the Giacometti courtyard, Miró’s labyrinthpeopled with sculptures and ceramics, Tal Coat and Chagall’smosaic murals, Braque’s pond and stained-glass window or Bury’samazing fountain.Bathed in light, the fast rooms in Fondation Maeght offer apanorama that is just as exceptional on contemporary paintingwith works by Miró, Chagall, Bonnard, Braque, Léger, Alechinsky,Adami, Dubuffet, Van Velde, etc.www.fondation-maeght.com

Hartung-Bergman Foundation - AntibesIn the heart of abstraction

The leader of Lyrical Abstraction, Hans Hartung is one of thegreatest representatives of contemporary painting. In 1972, he

settled with his wife in a house designed by Hartung himself.Surrounded by a large park with centuries-old olive trees, thisremarkable contemporary architectural ensemble includes a villa,outbuildings and the artists’ respective studios. This is where,until the end of their lives, they devoted themselves to their artin all quietude.Visitors to this sunny place discover the Hartung-BergmanFoundation’s exceptional heritage. Today, it houses over 16,000original works by both artists: canvases and drawings, as well asseveral thousand prints, photographs, films and personal writings.www.fondationhartungbergman.fr

Magnelli Museum - VallaurisThe works of a lifetime

A pioneer of abstract art, the painter Alberto Magnelli wished tosee his personal collection remain in a place near Plan de Grasse,where he had found refuge during the Occupation. After hisdeath in 1971, his widow donated his works to the Castle-Museum of Vallauris. In the artist’s own opinion, this collectionrepresents the main highlights of his career. Since then, otherdonations and acquisitions have reinforced the collection ondisplay, the largest in France dedicated to this painter fromFlorence who, living in France since 1932, practised painting,drawing, engraving and collage. www.vallauris-golfe-juan.com


Two imposing sculptures by Miró in the Fondation Maeght

gardens, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

39Espace de l’Art Concret -Mouans-SartouxLearning to look...

Since 1990, L’Espace de l’Art Concret raisesawareness to Concrete and Contemporary Artthrough exhibitions, children’s workshops andlectures. This project was built around donations bytwo collectors, Sybil Albers and Gottfried Honeggerand their philosophy: “learn to look, since lookingis a creative act.”Today, in the park of the mediaeval castle ofMouans-Sartoux, the Centre offers a chance todiscover the works of protagonists of abstract artand the historic avant-gardes like Joseph Albers,Jean Arp, Marcelle Cahn... The creations of MaxBill, Richard Paul Lohse, Gottfried Honneger andFrançois Morellet attest to the prospects offered byConcrete Art, resolutely non-representational withits geometric compositions.www.espacedelartconcret.fr

International ContemporaryArt Centre - CarrosClose to the most contemporarytrends

Overlooking the Var Valley, the mediaeval castle ofthe Counts of Blacas in Carros Village now housesthe International Contemporary Art Centre. Since1998, the Centre has been developing an ambitiouspolicy of top-notch exhibitions and retrospectives.Open on the world and representative of theregion’s artists, they bear witness to movements incontemporary art. The Centre also presents leadingartists of the past decades, like Appel, Arman,Klein, Léger... www.ville-carros.fr

Goetz-Boumeester Museum - Of art and love

Overlooking the Bay, the 16th-century citadel housesnice little museums where you can spend time inall tranquillity. In particular the museum dedicated

to a husband-and-wife team, Henri Goetz andChristine Boumeester, displaying a hundred of theirworks: a fifty year career during which both ofthem went from representational painting toabstraction. The filmmaker Alain Resnais dedicatedhis first film to them in 1947.The Goetzes were in close contact with Picasso,Picabia, Miró and Hartung, some of whose worksare also shown in the museum as souvenirs.www.villefranche-sur-mer.fr

Château de Villeneuve -Fondation Emile Hugues -Contemporary art in all itsdiversity

In 1966, Émile Hugues, former minister and mayorof Vence, bequeathed the Château de Villeneuve tothe commune. This historic site has become an artmuseum, hosting temporary exhibitions. Thiscultural programme is oriented towards stays inVence by such great artists as Matisse, Dufy,Chagall, Dubuffet... It also focuses more specificallyon contemporary art, presenting the diversity of itspractice through the works of recognized artists. Atthe Foundation, the paths of creation involveartists in residence, artistic awareness workshopsand meetings with artists and critics.www.museedevence.com

Château de La Napoule - HenryClews Foundation - Mandelieu-La NapouleArtists from the world over

When the American sculptor Henry Clews acquiredChâteau de la Napoule in 1916, the mediaeval fortresswas nothing more than a ruin. With his wife, MaryClews, he restored all their prestige to the buildingand its gardens. Magnificently located by the sea, thesite has become, thanks to their efforts, an art centrededicated to interdisciplinary and internationalexchanges. It receives artists in residence from allover the world. Today, as in the past, the maincourtyard, Galerie Spencer, a vast vaulted hall, andGalerie Blanche host exhibitions, lectures, concertsand artistic performances. www.lnaf.org

Fondation Maeght

Château de Villeneuve -Fondation Emile Hugues

Musée Magnelli


Hôtel Windsor, Nice

La Colombe d’Or restaurant, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux

Hôtel Negresco, Nice

Art in hotels

Spending the night in a work of art is theunforgettable experience available at Hôtel Windsorin Nice. Twenty-six rooms were decorated bycontemporary artists, including Mosset, Vialat, Ben,Hains and Honneger, as well as Dolla, Basserode andDolla, the last to have been invited to decorate them.Jeanne Augier, owner of Hôtel Negresco in Nice, hasmade her famous luxury hotel into a true livingmuseum, sharing with her guests her love of art,from the Renaissance to the Third millennium.The presence of great artists has left its mark onother hotels like Le Beau Rivage in Old Nice whereMatisse stayed. In Villefranche-sur-Mer, Cocteaustayed at Le Welcome, ideally located across from thefishermen’s chapel he renovated. In Menton, therooms in Grand Hôtel des Ambassadeurs evoke thecareer of painters, musicians, writers and masters ofcinema. In Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, exhibitions ofcontemporary art are organized regularly in Le RoyalRiviera hotel and its gardens.

Painting is to be savoured…

… for a meal in many hotels and restaurants,especially in Saint-Paul-de-Vence at Mas d’Artignyand La Colombe d’Or, a legendary establishmentfounded by Monsieur Roux. Matisse, Braque, Léger,Picasso, Miró and many other habitués left theirworks in the unique setting where they enjoyedgetting together.There are paintings on the menu, too, at Les Arcadesin Biot. Before dinner, a visit of the owner AndréBrothier’s art collection is a must, an opportunity toappreciate works by Vasarely, Braque, Melano,Segasta, Kolb, César…Immersion in art is also possible at La Palme d’Or inCannes, Le Bacon on Cap d’Antibes, Le Moulin deMougins, Café Llorca in Vallauris, etc. On the FrenchRiviera, art and gastronomy are in perfect harmony…

Galleries

From coastal towns to villages in the hinterland, theFrench Riviera boasts an impressive number of artgalleries. Don’t hesitate to enter; showcases ofmodern and contemporary art, they display the greatnames that have made history and support the workof established artists and young innovative talents,to the public can discovered by the public.Some suggestions for this exploration rich inpictorial discoveries: Galerie Chave in Vence, famousfor Art Brut and Art Singulier; Galerie Sintitulo inMougins which presents many Mediterranean artists;Galerie Catherine Issert in Saint-Paul which has beenworking with the main artists of the past decadessince 1975.In Nice, the key is Galerie Ferrero, representative ofthe School of Nice, but other galleries - NorbertPastor, Depardieu, Sandrine Mons, Joël Scholtès,Sapone and Atelier Soardi - participate fully inmaking contemporary art known to the public. Andthere are also municipal galleries: Galerie desPonchettes, de la Marine, du Château, Sainte-Reparate and Jean Renoir.

Alternative rendezvous

In Nice, contemporary art also thrives in unexpectedplaces: Fondation Dabray, made available to LaStation, an artists’ collective; Le Dojo, which invitescreators to reconfigure the premises. The Diligencecollective occupies Sous Station Lebon, an atypicalsite with post-industrial architecture. Villa Camelineis ‘abandoned’ to the creativity of artists inspired bythis fine home. All these experimental platformsopen regularly to the public for exhibitions,performances and lecture-debates on contemporaryart.

On the French Riviera, art is part of everyday life and the street, not onlymuseums. Painting covers walls and shows off in town, in galleries, hotels,restaurants and venues for artistic performances.

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Painters of the sacred:mountains and Merveilles

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The roads winding their way along the Roya-Bévéra, Vésubie and Tinée Valleys take you tosee masterpieces of sacred mediaeval and Baroque art. Realized by itinerant painters fromthe 15th to the 17th centuries, they can be discovered in the heart of villages perched onsharp peaks, in the hinterland’s sumptuous natural setting.

Discovering the late Gothic “Niçois primitives”

Panel painting by Louis Brea in Lucéram Notre-Dame des Fontaines Chapel near La Brigue

Dating from the end of the Middle Ages, precious works light upthe roads of the “Alpes d’Azur”. Panel paintings and murals gracehumble chapels, churches and monasteries. They include genuinemasterpieces preserved in the privacy of timeless venues, paintedby the Gothic artists known as “Niçois Primitives”: Bréa,Canavesio, Baleison, de Cella…

Artists in the service of faithParishes, confraternities or worthies called on their talent to addbeauty to places of worship. Altars were enhanced by majesticworks of art glorifying the Virgin Mary, Christ and the saints...These panel paintings with all their grace inspired the faith of thepeople, for whom they portrayed models, protectors and intercessorsin the Virgins with their damask robes, saints with gold halos,messenger angels. Chapel walls came to live, covered withpictures, spelling out a catechism for illiterate believers.

Major worksTheir ranks included many anonymous artists. Others have comeout of oblivion, like Jean Mirailhet, from Montpellier whopainted the lovely Vierge de Miséricorde, the oldest panelpainting in the Comté de Nice (1429), kept in the BlackPenitents’ chapel in Nice. History has also preserved the namesof the Piedmontese painters Giovanni Canavesio and GiovanniBaleison, who created the exceptional frescoes in the Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines chapel in La Brigue.And there are the “Niçois Primitives”: Jacques Durandi and,especially, Louis, Antoine and François Brea who have left majorworks. These paintings can be admired in the churches ofLucéram, Sospel, Saint-Martin d’Entraunes, Lieuche, Roure, Biotand in Nice, in particular at the Monastery of Cimiez or thecathedrals of Antibes, Monaco, etc.

Baroque, inspirational artStarting at the end of the 16th century, the Baroquemovement brought new impetus to artisticinspiration from Rome to the Comté de Nice. Therange of emotion expressed spoke to the soul of thepeople, strongly attached to the decorum of religiousceremony and dramatic processions of Confraternitiesof Penitents. In contrast to the starkness of theProtestant Reform, Baroque magnificence reinforcedthe prestige of the Catholic Church.

Sumptuous Baroque!Today, from the coast to the hinterland, over eightymonuments - churches, chapels, palaces - punctuatethe ‘Route du Baroque Nisso-Ligure’. This itineraryreveals much of the splendour and often pompousgrandeur of this art of excess.It will take you to the Saint-Michel church in Sospel,Sainte-Marguerite et Rosalie in Lucéram, Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens in L’Escarène, Sancta-Maria-in-Albis inBreil-sur-Roya. You will visit Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption in Tende and Saint-Michel Basilica inMenton as well as Chapelle de la Miséricorde, theGesù church and Chapelle Sainte-Croix in Nice…Baroque art is always dazzling, drawing your eyestowards light: light from the windows high in thewalls, divine auras of painted ceilings and celestialhalos towards which all the faces in the paintings areturned.

Painters of ecstasyYou will feel the power of expression of Baroque artthrough a hundred, mainly oil-on-canvas paintingsby local artists like Baudoin, Bottero, Planeta, Rocca,Toesca...Others are the work of painters from Liguria,Monaco, Provence or further away, like FrançoisMimault from Vendée or the Dutchman Abraham-Louis Van Loo.Their favourite subjects include ecstasy, passion,martyrdom, miracles… Baroque painters emphasizethe dramatic intensity of these sacred scenes usingbright colours, chiaroscuro, daring perspectives,dynamic movement of shapes that are both verycarnal and full of grace.

On a level with the bestPalaces and castles were taken up in the Baroquewave, too. Monumental staircases, successions ofrooms of increasing splendour, trompe-l’oeil murals…Baroque art was intended to show off the power ofits patrons for the purpose of dazzling andimpressing visitors. This decorative and pictorialwealth is particularly striking at the Palais Lascarisin Old Nice, the most important aristocratic homepreserved in Nice, at the Princes’ Palace in Monacoand the Castle of Cagnes-sur-Mer with paintings byCarlone and Benso.

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