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 Russian Princess, . 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.

Collection

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 , and his son Gustav-Adolf Mossa, who for many years were curators 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:

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  • Marie Bashkirtseff
  • Pierre Bonnard
  • Jan Brueghel the Elder
  • Bronzino
  • Benjamin Constant
  • Kees van Dongen
  • Raoul Dufy
  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  • Marie Laurencin
  • Luc-Olivier Merson
  • Édouard Vuillard

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References

  • Michel de Tarnowsky website