Musee Matisse

"Offers an exceptionally wide collection of Henri Matisse's works that appeals to casual fans as well as aficionados."

"Artworks are interspersed with Matisse’s personal possessions." Full review

"Houses a fascinating assortment of works by Matisse documenting the artist’s stylistic evolution." Full review

"This Genoese-style 17th-century villa keeps a significant number of the artist's paintings, hundreds of his drawings and engravings, as well as an assortment of his sculptures and illustrated books." Full review

"The museum, housed in a Genoese villa, is accessible by the No. 22 bus that runs from Pace Masséna. The museum is located in Cimiez, where the artist spent his later years." Full review

"Nice fairly throbs with excellent galleries but, if you are to see only one, I’d make it the Matisse Museum up on Cimiez Hill." Full review

"Dominating the sea, this 17C villa, with its Sienna earth colour, houses around 30 paintings by Matisse (1869-1954)." Full review

"Henri Matisse was already a successful artist in 1917 when he left Paris behind to settle in the suburbs of Nice." Full review

"Most of the pieces in the museum’s permanent collection—including Nude in an Armchair with a Green Plant (1937) and Blue Nude IV (1952)...artworks are interspersed with Matisse’s personal possessions" Full review

"Claude Monet’s visit to the Côte d’Azur in 1885 opened the door for some of the greatest painters of the era...a collection of 130 works from his own collection, which charts the life, travels "