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Vence

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Vence is a small French town and commune set in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes département, between Nice and Antibes. It is famous as a home for artists, sculptors and painters.

D H Lawrence died here in March 1930. His remains were later exhumed and taken to a ranch in New Mexico.

There is a small chapel, Chapelle du Saint-Marie du Rosaire (1948, completed in 1951), decorated with stained glass and other fittings by Henri Matisse.

Famous residents

  • Maurice Boitel (b.1919), artist
  • Henri Calet (1904–1956), writer
  • Marc Chagall, artist
  • Raoul Dufy, artist
  • Henri Matisse (1869-1954, artist
  • Jacques (artist) and Gwen Raverat (artist and writer)
 
 
 
 

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