The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice[1] in Nice, France at 33 av. des Baumettes was built in the former private mansion built in 1878 by the Russian Princess, Elizaveta Vasilievna Kochubey [ru]. 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.[2]

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice

Location within Nice
Established	1928
Location	Nice, France
Type	Art museum

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 Alexis Mossa [fr], 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:

• 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

Gallery

References

External links

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[fr] Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice

[ru] Музей изящных искусств (Ницца)