Artists and their Museums on the Riviera

Barbara Freed

ISBN 10: 0810927616 / ISBN 13: 9780810927612

Published by Abrams, 1998

About this Item

The French Riviera has been home to a remarkable number of the 20th century's great artists, including Chagall, Cocteau, Leger, Matisse, Picasso and Renoir, and close to the homes of many of them are museums dedicated to their work. Organized geographically, this is a guide to 28 sites and their collections, and relates anecdotes about the artists and the development of their museums. Practical details for visitors are included, such as addresses, telephone numbers, dates of admission and opening times.

Seller Inventory # CIN0810927616G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Artists and their Museums on the Riviera
• Publisher: Abrams
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810927616
• ISBN 13: 9780810927612
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Although the Riviera stretches for a mere eighty miles along the French coast of the Mediterranean from Menton to Saint-Tropez, during the first three-quarters of the twentieth century it was home to an astounding array of European artists - including Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Marc Chagall, and Jean Cocteau, among others - whose lives and work are celebrated in numerous museums and art sites in this region of intense natural beauty. Artists and Their Museums on the Riviera focuses on 28 of these museums, highlighting both museum collections and the artists' personal stories, while providing all the necessary information an energetic voyager or enthusiastic armchair traveler needs to ensure a series of memorable visits.

About the Author

Halpern was the prize-winning editor of Philadelphia Magazine for 30 years.