I have to admit I'd never heard of Joseph Garibaldi. But a new exhibition in Marseille opening this week spotlights this little known local artist, who spent his life lovingly capturing the city on canvas as well as the surrounding area. His paintings are gorgeously luminous, with shimmering Mediterranean blues and striking, unusual geometric compositions. But you'd never guess from paintings like the one above (
Large Sailing Ship at Cassis) that he was a contemporary of Picasso.
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