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Not to be missed Matisse in Vence I The historic town Villa Le Rêve in 1943 and today With its elliptical layout, Vence is “This work has taken me four years of one of the few towns to have n o i t preserved its ramparts, against c e l l o C

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Rêve in Vence to get away from and Bonnard. This beautiful o castle-Fondation Émile Hugues. P Nice, under threat of bombing. house, which has belonged to the © He planned to stay only a few town since 2000, is now a home I Cathedral of Vence dedicated to Notre-Dame de la Nativité weeks, but, deeply touched by the for established artists and also for amateurs who enrol for courses First built in the 4th century on the site of an ancient Roman and have the opportunity to temple, the Cathedral acquired its e s s

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: o t o h lordly chateau quite naturally leads P Nature morte aux grenades to exploring the lovely historic (Still life with pomegranates), 1947 oil on canvas, 80.5 x 60 cm - Matisse Museum, Nice town of Vence. Strollers can admire the well-preserved ramparts prevailing light and the charm of with five remaining gates, narrow his home, with its terrace and streets and houses that have

flowers, “the fine plumes of its survived the ravages of time, r e y e m z palm trees that fill the windows,” squares and fountains and ancient t n i Z . D

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Gide and Rouveyre, and received © vence model for him, to decorate the Here, Matisse painted: Rosary Chapel . The painter had Femme à la robe blanche (Woman in a white dress) - Intérieur rouge (Red interior) - first thought only of the Nature morte sur table bleue (Still life on blue table) - La liseuse à la table windows. But he ended up jaune (Woman reading at a dressing table, Matisse Museum collection Nice) - Nature morte working on the very design and aux grenades (Still life with pomegranates, Matisse Museum collection Nice) - Jazz (Matisse the completion of the Rosary Museum collection Nice) - Les Abeilles (Bees, Matisse Museum collection Nice) . Chapel. This realization is his spiritual will. A major work he enjoyed calling his masterpiece, Rosary Chapel, Vence Altar, and Things to know e Virgin and Child Way of the Cross s s i t

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Not to be missed I The mediaeval village In Cagnes-sur -Mer The mediaeval village offers a maze of sloping cobbled streets, vaulted passages, flower-decked steps, remarkable houses, unusual vistas, Matisse met R enoir restaurants, artists’ studios and crafts shops, like Terraïo, displaying its turquoise faience creations for thirty “I look out over Nice, I am at Col de years near the Castle. At the entrance, Villa des Collettes in 1917 and today stands a chapel dedicated to Notre- t

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On 31 December 1917, Matisse home and garden with its y l’olivier” (ethnographic museum of the t i C visited the great painter Pierre- centuries-old olive trees where he, © olive tree), the Suzy Solidor Donation

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Auguste Renoir in his Villa des too, set up his easel. Renoir spent e m t r contemporary art. a p

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n o i t them both and was followed by Les Collettes until 1919. Matisse a I Espace Solidor c i n u Like many other artists, Suzy Solidor m

was very impressed with the m o C lived in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Her house, r e

master’s courage, despite the M - r located on Place du Château, has u s - s

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n o Matisse showed Renoir what he this little paradise on earth, i t a c i n was painting in Nice, at the Beau aficionados and novices alike. u m m o C

Rivage. Alongside his elder, With eleven of the master’s r e M - r u s

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y t i perception of the very special in a flower garden, with the farm C colours of the ‘Midi’. He was of Les Collettes, so often © comfortable in this peaceful depicted by the artist. cagnes-sur-mer From the seafront recently Here, Matisse painted: redesigned in contemporary style, Oliviers, jardin de Renoir à Cagnes (Olive trees, Renoir’s garden in Cagnes) , 1917 - elegant and planted with trees, Paysage de Cagnes avant l’orage (Landscape in Cagnes before the storm) , c. 1918 - you can glimpse the mediaeval L’automne à Cagnes (Autumn in Cagnes) , 1918 - Maison entre les arbres (House village of Haut-de-Cagnes as did between the trees) , 1919. Matisse on his first visit to Renoir. The old Provençal stronghold has e s s i t a Things to know retained some of its mystery and M

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© Free parking. Le Carnet de dessins (sketchbook), 1946 Guided visits on Wednesdays and Black & white photo Saturdays, and Sunday afternoon. Hippodrome de la Côte d’Azur (racecourse) Matisse Museum, Nice I Grimaldi Castle-Museum Haut-de-Cagnes, Place Grimaldi history and perceive its proud Tel: +33 (0)4 92 02 47 30 u o Y

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climbing slowly towards the © New Year’s day & 1 May. Open from Street in Haut-de-Cagnes 10am till noon and from 2pm to 5pm Grimaldi Castle-Museum to the

t (6pm from 2 May to 31 Oct). i o g i D tower, there appears a grandiose Guided visits on Wednesdays and r e panorama. This mediaeval i v i l Saturdays, and Sunday mornings. O

© fort built in 1310 by Rainier The mediaeval village Free shuttle from Bourdet square. Grimaldi, Lord of Cagnes I Hippodrome de and Admiral of France, was Cagnes-sur-Mer (racecourse) originally a defensive Horseracing in winter and summer. watchtower. Information: +33 (0)4 92 02 44 44 In the 17th century, it became I Tourist Bureau of a fine lordly home with the Cagnes-sur-Mer 6, boulevard Maréchal-Juin (06800) charm and opulence of a true Tel: +33 (0)4 93 20 61 64 palace. Acquired by the City of In the mediaeval village of Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1937, the Haut-de-Cagnes Grimaldi Castle-Museum offers Tel: +33 (0)4 92 02 85 05 Antenne du Cros-de-Cagnes: visitors an opportunity to Tel: +33 (0)4 93 07 67 08 discover remarkable collections www.cagnes-tourisme.com ranging from ethnography to www.cagnes-tourisme.com/blog www.cagnesres.com contemporary art, as well as rooms with exceptional painted I How to get there By car: A8 motorway, ceilings in the Baroque style. exit at Cagnes-sur-Mer. Public transport by coach to t i o g

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Not to be missed I Jardin Albert I er Nice, the se a front The link between Promenade des Anglais and Quai des États-Unis, this vast garden bounds Place Masséna, the city centre with its shopping area, and the old t own luxury shops and hotels. The bandstand evokes the charm of yore, Palais de la Méditerranée, 1935 And Palais de la Méditerranée today while the Theatre in the Green “I decided never to leave Nice, (Théâtre de Verdure) and Bernar Venet’s Arc add a modern touch. and remained there nearly my entire I Cours Saleya existence”. In addition to the flower and fruit- (quoted in the preface by Georges Salle to the exhibition catalogue and-vegetable markets, Cours Saleya “Henri Matisse, Nice, 1950”) is lined with restaurants and cafés

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l with their broad terraces brimming i G You are at the gates to Nice, In 1917, at the age of 48, the n a

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already on Promenade des painter came here to recover from © antiques market every Monday. Anglais : a striking image, bronchitis. He remained here exchanges of bewitching blue, until the end of his life in 1954. I Baroque treasures of Old Nice gentle sunshine, the From his little room at Hôtel Beau The Old Town of Nice is rich with a Mediterranean accompanying Rivage - an elegant 4-star hotel splendid Baroque heritage. Churches, your steps for several kilometres... over a century old, whose entrance chapels and palaces, like the Palais t r

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glimpse the sea and the play of © light. Dazzled, he rented a flat just Nice and Baie des Anges a few metres away at 105 Quai des États-Unis for his studio. e s s i t a M i In 1918, he moved to Hôtel r n e H n

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itself over time and finds its M Intérieur à Nice - la sieste e h t a (Interior in Nice - the nap), 1922 former splendour. Behind the g A

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immense façade (a listed historic o Mnam / Cci, G. Pompidou, Paris h P nice Things to know Here, Matisse painted: I Nice Tourist & Congress Bureau Autoportrait (Self-portrait) - Ma chambre au Beau Rivage (My room at the Beau Rivage) - (Office du Tourisme et des Congrès) La Baie de Nice (The Bay of Nice) - Intérieur, femme lisant en manteau écossais 5, Promenade des Anglais (Interior, woman reading in a plaid coat) - Le Violoniste à la fenêtre (Violinist at the window) - Tel: +33 (0)8 92 707 407 Intérieur à Nice (Interior in Nice) - Fête des fleurs (Flower fête) - Tempête à Nice (Storm www.nicetourisme.com in Nice, Matisse Museum collection, Nice) - Decorative figure against an ornamental I Guided tours of Old Nice* background - Odalisque au coffret rouge (Odalisque with a red casket, Matisse Museum A guided walk [French/English] through collection, Nice) - Petite Pianiste robe bleue fond rouge (Little pianist, blue dress, red the alleys of the old town, exploring its background, Matisse Museum collection, Nice) - Nu dans l’atelier (Nude in the studio) . history and curious features. Every s i u o L

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I Tour of “Art in the City"* © where Matisse once lived Guided tour looking at the works of art Matisse at the inauguration of Galerie des alongside the tramway: a real open-air Ponchettes, 1950 museum. Guided tours in French/ English on Fridays. 2 1/2 hours , starting landmark), the contemporary at 7pm. touch and the harmony between I Nice: The Grand Tour the residential and festive Discover Nice in an open-top bus. functions recall the persistence of Leaves from in front of the Jardin this singular establishment in the Albert 1 er . Details from the Nice Tourist & Congress Bureau (Office du Tourisme creative sphere. This is where the

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held in Nice in 1946. In 1950, a i N I Petit train de Nice [little railway] © 45min round trip by the sea, Old Nice second exhibition devoted to the The market on Cours Saleya and the Castle. Leaves from in front of painter, very much involved in the Meridien Hotel. modern art in Nice, inaugurated You are facing the sea, irresistibly Galerie des Ponchettes . I French Riviera Pass attracted to Cours Saleya , lively A single ticket for exploring Nice and and colourful, just behind you. the greater Nice area. This is the start of the great art On sale at the Nice Tourist & Congress adventure on the Côte d’Azur. It On Place Charles-Félix at m

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© nice Not to be missed I The Castle Hill The Castle Hill is a wonderful place to The port of Nice stroll; at nightfall it comes alive with magical lights. It is accessible on foot, by lift or by car. Now a park, it has some remains of the old citadel, destroyed in the 17th century, of inspired the painter which only Tour Bellanda remains, overlooking the sea.

Odalisque au coffret rouge I Quai Rauba Capeu “...I love canoeing. I do it every (Odalisque with a red casket), 1926 oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm - Matisse Museum, Nice Connecting Quai des Ponchettes and afternoon and paint only in the the Port, this projection on morning when the light is right”. the sea offers resolutely (Interview with Tériade, excerpt from “Visit to Henri Matisse”, L’Intransigeant , 14 & 22 January 1929) contemporary architecture e s s i t a rewarded by a M

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planning and attention. Climb to this façades. © provides wonderful public park At No. 50 Boulevard Franck- painter loved rowing. His 154 strollers with overlooking the city and the sea, Pilatte, the dynamic Club outings at sea in nine months truly astounding Rauba Capeu, Nice to breathe in the delightful Nautique de Nice remembers: earned him a medal for assiduity, © Olivier Monge, 2003 fragrances of its typically in 1927, a new member came to a source of great pride for him. vistas. Mediterranean vegetation. From join. His name? Henri Matisse. Just a stone’s throw from the I Museum of Modern and this exceptional viewpoint that Enthralled with canoeing, the Port, towards Villefranche-sur- Contemporary Art Mer, the residential Mont- Not far from the Port, near Place Matisse rowing in the Port of Nice

) Boron district is a peaceful leafy Garibaldi, this great museum with its R . D (

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h permanent collections (works from P refuge with his son Pierre in the School of Nice in particular) and 1918 when he had to leave temporary exhibitions. Hôtel Beau Rivage . Information: +33 (0)4 97 13 42 01

I Florian At 14 Quai Papacino, the former Here, Matisse painted: Chocolaterie Florian, well known to Les Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus trees) - Matisse, is now called Confiserie Mont-Alban (Mont-Alban Fort) - Florian. Free guided tours in five La Villa bleue (Blue Villa) - Plage à languages. Nice vue du Château (The beach of Information: +33 (0)4 93 55 43 50 Nice seen from the Castle Hill) . 9am midday and 2pm - 6:30pm. Every day except 25 Dec. nice

Not to be missed I The Matisse Museum See following page. Matisse in C imiez I Matisse’s tomb Located in the Cemetery of Cimiez, it is open to the public: entry left of the Monastery The west tower and wing of the Régina from church, then follow the signs. “Most people come here for the light its private garden in 1897 And the Régina today I The church of the Monastery and the picturesque. I am from of Cimiez and its garden This Franciscan church dedicated to “Notre- Northern France; what struck me were Dame” houses, among other splendours, a famous Pietà, one of three fine Late Gothic works by Louis Bréa, the cloister and a the great flashes of colour in January religious museum. The Monastery Garden is a very popular place to stroll, with its and the luminous daylight”. beautiful rose garden and a breathtaking (Yves Bridault, 1952, “J’ai passé un mauvais quart d’heure avec Matisse” view on the city. a t t e l

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n I The Amphitheatre of Cimiez a e J This Roman amphitheatre is the oldest © You leave the seafront to head famous American collector, monument of the city. It hosts folk shows, as towards Cimiez . Near Lycée Dr Albert Barnes, for the main the May Celebrations or Lu Festin de Nissa, which takes place all May long, every year. Masséna, you will see Rue gallery in his Foundation. Désiré-Niel where, in 1931, This was ‘The Dance’ , a I The Archaeology Museum Build on the Gallo-Roman archaeological site, Matisse took over a former monumental work for which the t just a stone’s throw from the Amphitheatre p e D

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are charmed by the fine buildings © Tel: +33 (0)4 93 81 59 57 on either side, witness to the Matisse’s workshop in Nice, rue Désiré Niel splendour of the Belle Époque in Nice. You see the imposing silhouette of the Régina , once the majestic residence of Queen Victoria, where Matisse bought u a e r u two flats on the third floor in B s r o t i s i 1938. This vast living area where V

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Not to be missed I Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat The harbour and its restaurants Matisse visiting The seashell museum Chapelle Saint-Hospice, which houses reproductions of Louis Marchand des Raux Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild 3 hiking trails Cap-Ferrat Eze-Village, The Citadel of Villefranche-sur-Mer I Villefranche-sur-Mer Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer The 16th-century citadel and its three museums (sculpture and painting) The fishermen’s village and its bay “This is a land where light plays the Chapelle Saint-Pierre decorated main role; colour comes after... by Jean Cocteau I Beaulieu-sur-Mer above all, you must feel that light, The Casino gardens The Greek Villa Kérylos have it in you...”. The yachting harbour (Marchand, 1947) Belle Époque architectural heritage I Eze u o Y The perched village, its narrow streets, &

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