ArtRiviera Launches Côte d’Azur Modern Art Tours for 2005

ArtRiviera Launches Côte d’Azur Modern Art Tours for 2005

Nice, France (PRWEB) June 10, 2005

ArtRiviera has today announced the launch of their specialised Côte d’Azur modern art tours for Autumn 2005, priced at £795 incl.

The 4½ day guided tours based in Nice, will explore the rich art of the Riviera, home to some of the finest modern art museums and collections in Europe.

All tours are limited to fourteen participants, enabling ArtRiviera to offer the advantages of group travel combined with a warm, friendly atmosphere.

ArtRiviera’s meticulously planned itineraries include visits to the Museé Chagall, Renoir’s home and garden, Chateau Grimaldi, the Maeght Foundation, Matisse’s Chapell du Rosaire, Museé de l’Annonciade, Museé Lèger at Biot, Museé Picasso and Nice’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The tours include five nights B&B, transport by private minibus, a welcome aperitif and short introduction, two gastronomic dinners, one lunch, a guide and entrance fees to all museums.

Accommodation is in a charming, turn-of-the century hotel within easy walking distance of the beach, shops, restaurants and the Old Town. The hotel’s garden is the setting for breakfast while other facilities include a pool, bar and exercise room.

Art Riviera’s 2005 Tours will take place on 11-16 and 25-30 September; 9-14 October.

Art on the Riviera

Few tourist destinations have elicited such vivid artistic attention as the Côte d’Azur. Since the late 19th century, artists have flocked to the region, soaking up its sunlight and basking in its landscapes.

Monet first visited Antibes in 1884, Renoir moved to Cagnes–sur–Mer in 1895 and Signac bought a house in the fishing village of St-Tropez in 1892. Matisse, who would later settle in Nice, first visited the Riviera in 1904, and together with Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, van Dongen and other so-called Fauves (wild beasts), transformed the use of colour in modern art.

About ArtRiviera

Teresa Newman, ArtRiviera’s founder and tour leader is a graduate of the London’s Courtauld Institute of Art and a former Modern Art curator at Tate Britain. She is an art historian and critic who has written and lectured extensively on 19th and 20th century European art.

For further information contact:

Teresa Newman

Art Riviera Tours

Tel +33 493 160 537

Email: artriviera@hotmail.com

http://www.artriviera.com

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