There were always at least a few dozen famous painters in Nice on the French Riviera in the 1900s. Today Annie Sargent and Elyse Rivin talk about three of them in some detail: Matisse, Chagall and Yves Klein.
Why did they love Provence so much? Was it because painters and photographers are always in search of great light? Whatever the reason, painting on the French Riviera and Provence in general was really popular.
Click on Show Notes below to read Elyse's complete historical outline. Visit our Instagram account to see Annie's photos of Chagall, Matisse, and the MAMAC.
Useful link: the price of a taxi between the airport and Paris city center.
Discussed in this Episode- The School of Nice
- Matisse
- Chagall
- Musée Matisse in Nice
- Musée National Marc Chagall
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice (MAMAC)
- Musée Massena
- The French expression "yakafokon"
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/357
10/03/21 • 68 min
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