Monet, Renoir... Chagall

An endless source of inspiration, the Mediterranean and its luminous and contrasting colours have fascinated many painters. In the second half of the twentieth century, they left Paris and the North for the light of the South, settling in the area between the Spanish border and the Italian Riviera. They developed their artistic potential in the maritime landscapes on the Mediterranean coast, which they depicted in a wide variety of styles. Comprised of seven sequences, the exhibition takes visitors into the heart of the artistic hub of the end of the nineteenth century and the twentieth century. After an introduction devoted to Joseph Vernet, the exhibition immerses visitors in the heart of the world of the Impressionists (Monet and Renoir), the Pointillists (Signac and Cross), the Fauves (Camoin, Marquet, and Valtat). The exhibition ends with the palette of bright colours used by Bonnard and Dufy, and Chagall, one of the greatest colourists of modern art. The Mediterranean colours, the maritime landscapes, the inhabitants… the exhibition covers fifteen artists and their unique ways of representing the Mediterranean and its extraordinary light.