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+33 4 92 15 28 28

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice

Address
  
33 Avenue des Baumettes, 06000 Nice, France

Hours
  
Closing soon · 11AM–6PMWednesday11AM–6PMThursday11AM–6PMFriday11AM–6PMSaturday11AM–6PMSunday11AM–6PMMondayClosedTuesday11AM–6PMSuggest an edit

Artwork
  
Bronzino: Christ Crucified

Similar
  
French Riviera, Musée Matisse, Musée international d'Art naïf, Villa Massena (Museum), Musée Marc Chagall

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The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice in Nice, France at 33 av. des Baumettes was built in the former private mansion built in 1878 by the Ukrainian Princess, Elisabeth Vassilievna Kotschoubey. Named for the artist Jules Chéret who lived and worked in Nice during his final years, the museum opened as the "Palais des Arts Jules Chéret" on 7 January 1928.

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The museum houses a collection of art spanning the past four centuries. There are paintings by Chéret and other artists who lived and worked on the French Riviera such as Gustav-Adolf Mossa, who for many years was curator of the museum. The small museum has sculptures by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, François Rude, Michel de Tarnowsky and Auguste Rodin, plus ceramic pieces by Pablo Picasso. Some of the paintings are from:

  • Marie Bashkirtseff
  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Jan Brueghel the Elder
  • Bronzino
  • Benjamin Constant
  • Kees van Dongen
  • Raoul Dufy
  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  • Marie Laurencin
  • Luc-Olivier Merson
  • Claude Monet
  • Alfred Sisley
  • Édouard Vuillard
  • Histoire pierre bellemare vol au mus e des beaux arts de nice


    References

    Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice Wikipedia