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ARCHITECT: JOSEP LLUIS SERT (1964)
The Foundation Maeght, or Fondation Maeght, is a modern art museum on a hill, Colline des Gardettes, overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence.
Established by Marguerite and Aime Maeght in 1964, it is housed in an attractive contemporary complex of stone and concrete designed by Josep Lluis Sert.
Our visit was a nice quiet retreat from the hustle and bustle of the French Riviera.
Incidently, Maeght is supposedly pronounced like "Maig" with an "a" as in "made" and a hard "g" at the end...
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON THE FONDATION MAEGHT
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON ARCHITECT JOSEP LLUIS SERT
TRAVEL: 1991 -
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(images scanned from old slides)
Pleasant exterior, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1991.
Exterior, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, rance, 1991.
Courtyard sculpture seen through a window, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1991.
Stainless steel tube fountain (1978) by Pol Bury, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1991.
The tubes rotate and gyrate noisily with the changing flow of the water.
"La Fourche" (the Pitchfork) sculpture by Victor Demarquoy, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1991.
Painting, Foundation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1991.
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page last revised june 2020