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Musée de l’Annonciade

This innovative gallery opened in 1955 in the former
Chapelle de l’Annonciade by the old port in St-Tropez.
Built in 1568, the building was converted into a museum
by architect Louis Süe (1875–1968), funded by art
collector Georges Grammont. The collection began
with the paintings of Paul Signac and the other artists
who followed him to St-Tropez, and now contains many
stunning Post-Impressionist works from the late 19th Le Rameur (1914)
and early 20th centuries. In 1961, 65 valuable works This bold Cubist
were stolen from the museum, but were recovered and work is by Roger
restored a year later. de la Fresnaye.

. St-Tropez, la Place
des Lices et le Café
des Arts
This painting (1925) is
one of several that
Charles Camoin made
of St-Tropez’s famous
square after he followed
Paul Signac and settled
in the town.

Temporary
exhibition room

. L’Orage (1895)
Paul Signac’s atmospheric work
vividly depicts the onset of
a storm in St-Tropez harbour.

Gallery Guide . Nu Devant la
Cheminée (1919)
Exhibition space is too limited In this warm, intimate picture,
for all works to be permanently characteristic of the artist,
on view, so the display changes Pierre Bonnard uses delicate
frequently. An exhibition room tones within a limited colour
holds temporary displays linked range to create an effect
with the permanent collection. of light and shade.
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