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Collioure, Matisse and Fauvisme + Test your French
Collioure, Matisse and Fauvism Open window
In Spring 1905, Henri Matisse landed in Collioure, searching fo read more...
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Gem Melville - hand painted textiles and a colourful life!
Gem Melville - hand painted textiles and a colourful life!
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The extremely talented Gem Melville was born 1949, in Vryheid, South Africa where she lived and worked until 2001.
She has focused on textiles since 1992, working in collaboration with Zulu Women in community (...) read more...
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Marc Gilmant: Reflections and shadows
Marc Gilmant: Reflections and shadows
By Ellen Hall
On a sunny summer afternoon in Collioure, Rue Mirador in the old Mouré section is an oasis of calm and shade just a few steps away from the crowded beaches. In the narrow alley outside number 9 neighbours stop to exchange news and offer (...) read more...
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Musée d’Art Moderne, Collioure
ArtLife with Michael Brady Musée d’Art Moderne, Collioure Fauvism fort
A windmill on the skyline signals its location. From its courtyard, two paths lead up to the windmill, one through a copse of cactus, the other through a terraced olive grove. Its neighbour is Le Dominicain, until (...) read more...
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Catherine Ribas Duchêne: Handmade Jewelry
Catherine Ribas Duchêne: Handmade Jewelry
by Ellen Hall
At the Artimon Gallery in Collioure until the end of June, Catherine Ribas Duchêne’s stunning creations in stones, pearls and shells are on display. She aims to bring out the colours and properties of each stone and to make (...) read more...
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Guillaume Bessoule : Sculpting Angels and Demons
Guillaume Bessoule : Sculpting Angels and Demons
by Ellen Hall
I found Guillaume Bessoule at his worktable, his hands modeling clay into a four-bodied sculpture to be cast in bronze. To complete the piece he is going to learn traditional bronze-making techniques from a Burkina native artist. (...) read more...
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Chantal Lebret : Voyage into Colour
Chantal Lebret : Voyage into Colour
by Ellen Hall
One of the pleasures of a visit to Banyuls-sur-Mer is strolling along the promenade with the port on one side and artists’ workshops on the other. Chantal Lebret is an artist of this floating world. Her canvases combine rich red and (...) read more...
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Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows
Albert Woda:Light emerging from shadows by Ellen Hall
The first impression of Albert Woda is of an imposing and substantial figure. Once his tall frame relaxes into a chair, you are drawn into the blue eyes flecked with light, reflecting the visionary quality of his works. His very (...) read more...
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Fetiye Boudevin: A Sculptor’s Eye in Banyuls-sur-Mer
Fetiye Boudevin: A Sculptor’s Eye in Banyuls-sur-Mer
by Ellen Hall
Keep your eyes open along the promenade behind Banyuls harbour and you will find a monumental eye staring back! The marble sculpture is the work of Fetiye Boudevin. It marks the entrance to her all-white gallery. (...) read more...
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Céret artist Bridget Rook-Waterhouse
Céret artist Bridget Rook-Waterhouse
Bridget Rook-Waterhouse was featured recently in ’Artists & Illustrators’ magazine, to which many France-based English artists subscribe. The magazine showed Bridget at work in her studio in her house in Ceret. "It was quite a boost for (...) read more...
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