Painting the French Riviera

The story of how the Côte d'Azur dazzled modern art's great innovators - among them Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir and Klein. 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.

The Mediterranean coast of France 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 ...