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Painting the French Riviera

Painting the French Riviera

By (author) Jean-Louis Andral
By (author) Ann Dumas
By (author) Aymeric Jeudy
By (author) Heather Lemonedes
By (author) Marilyn McCully
By (author) William H. Robinson
By (author) Kenneth E. Silver
By (author) Belinda Thomson
By (author) Richard Thomson

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Publishing 17th Nov 2026
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  • Published to accompany an exhibition at Royal Academy, London, from 2 October, 2026 to 31 January, 2027, moving to the Cleveland Museum of Art from March, 2027
Full Description

The Mediterranean coast of France and Catalonia witnessed the rise and development of modern art over a century, from Cézanne in the 1860s to Matisse, Picasso and Klein in the 1950s and 1960s. These artists and the many more featured here discovered an inexhaustible source of inspiration in this storied region, whose glittering, languid sea stretches out towards the far horizon beneath brilliant azure skies. Indelibly associated with the classical past, this magical land of eternal spring and spiritual renewal came to signify a state of mind, and avant-garde artists sought to convey the vitality and élan it inspired in them through new paradigms of modernist invention.

About the Author

Jean-Louis Andral is Chief Curator and Director of the Musée Picasso, Antibes. Heather Lemonedes Brown is Curator of Modern European Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Ann Dumas is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and Consultant Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Aymeric Jeudy is Director of the Musée Matisee, Nice. Marilyn McCully has organized numerous international exhibitions and written widely about Picasso. William H. Robinson was Curator of Modern European Art and Head of the Department of European and American Painting and Sculpture at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Kenneth E. Silver is Professor of Art History Emeritus at New York University. Belinda Thomson is an independent art historian who specializes in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French art. Richard Thomson is Professor in History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art.

Specifications
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN
9781915815248
Publish date
17th Nov 2026
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
11.02 in x 11.81 in
Pages
288 Pages
Illustrations
250 color
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