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Luminescent landscapes lured plein-air artists to live and paint along France’s sunlit stretch of Mediterranean coastline from Collioure to Cagnes-sur-Mer and inland, too, in Aix and Arles. As a fan of the fabulous Fauves—my favorites include Bonnard, Braque, Cezanne, Chagall, Derain, Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Renoir, Signac and Van Gogh, Vlaminck and others–I wanted to tour the South of France where many lived, worked and exhibited decades before I took my first museum-studded road trip in and around Nice, 20 years ago. Read More…