Art and Visual Culture on the French Riviera, 1956–1971
The Riviera in the 1950s and 1960s was culturally rich with modernist icons such as Matisse and Picasso in residence, but also a burgeoning tourist culture, that established the Cote d'Azur as a center of indigenous artists associated with Nouveau Realisme, Fluxus, and Supports-Surfaces. This title offers a study of this important movement in art.