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Seascape Cape Negre 1902

Louis Valtat (1869-1952)

Stalls of flowers carve their way through Place Charles Felix in the old town of Nice, in what is known as the Marché aux Fleurs. The Market of Flowers.

Striped reds and greens decorate the tarpaulin canopies, shading the hawker’s heads from the blue Rivieran sky. This market stands between the conflicting identities that dominate the avenues of old Nice. The baroque Chapel of Mercy stands sentinel over the flower market on one side of the street, sombre marble figures lining the walls of the interior. The statues glare outside the chapel doors, visible to market patrons, as a reminder of what was. A strain to maintain relevance.

Meanwhile, back to the market, fronts to the flat sea of the Mediterranean shining a deep blue, the brasseries across the street clash with the gravitas of this nearby religion. Stylish people drink expensive wine under the provencial sun, pleasure and diversion of the French Riviera on full display. Ferraris, Maseratis and Porsches rumble by, almost more common a sight than the work vans of the city’s blue collar inhabitants.

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Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)

Jacqueline Marval (1866-1932)

The Knitters

Jacqueline Marval (1866-1932)

A Young Woman Reading

La Lectura

Pierre Pivet 1948-

Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back. Through night dreams, through events half understood and half remembered...”