French Riviera and its artists
Subtitle: art, literature, love, and life on the Côte d'Azur
By: John Baxter
Publisher: Museyon
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781940842059
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers; TRAVEL / Europe / France; Arts; HISTORY / Europe / France; ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); Biography
Description: "Discover the artists, writers, actors, and politicians who frequented the world's most desired destination during its golden age. In 21 vivid chapters, Baxter presents the iconic figures indelibly linked to the South of France--artist Henri Matisse, who was inspired by the Riviera's color and light; F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose Riviera hosts inspired Tender is the Night; Coco Chanel, whose Saint-Tropez tan became an international fashion trend; and many more. Baxter takes readers into the cars and casinos of Monte Carlo, to the Cannes Film Festival, to the villa where Picasso and Cocteau smoked opium, and to the hotel where Joseph Kennedy had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. Then maps and listings show travelers how these luminaries celebrated life and made art in paradise"--
Notes: Includes index.