Experts' Choice Award Musee Matisse Nice
What the experts agree on
Set in a striking 17th-century Genoese villa on Cimiez Hill, this museum traces Matisse's stylistic evolution through paintings, drawings, and sculptures, mixed with his personal possessions—a Nice highlight.
“The city of Nice bought this lovely, light-bathed 17th-century villa... and restored it to house a large collection of Henri Matisse's works.”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "Artworks are interspersed with Matisse’s personal possessions." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Houses a fascinating assortment of works by Matisse documenting the artist’s stylistic evolution." Full review
Time Out "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
Travel + Leisure "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
The Telegraph "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
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Dominating the sea, this 17C villa, with its Sienna earth colour, houses around 30 paintings by Matisse (1869-1954)." Full review
Afar Magazine "Henri Matisse was already a successful artist in 1917 when he left Paris behind to settle in the suburbs of Nice." Full review
The Guardian "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 "
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