Lavender fields, hilltop villages and spectacular rocky fjords, rosé wine and bouillabaisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, cutting edge rap and hip-hop music, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, pétanque, scuba diving and Olympique de Marseille: Provence is a vibrant mix of romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity. This is an insider's guide to the best of it, from a professional journalist living there.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Little Fishing Port That Inspired a Stream of Masterpieces
For over half a century, L'Estaque, an unassuming, even scruffy little fishing port outside Marseille, was a magnet for some of the greatest artists of the age, including Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy and Georges Braque. Yet these painters, when they looked at L'Estaque, saw very different things. This gallery of 18 masterworks show just how different. Click here to read more.
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