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hotel
Colombe D’Or
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
World War One drove many French artists south, where they took
up residence along the Cote d’Azur. When peacetime came, some
stayed, and among them were Fernand Léger, Georges Braque and Henri
Matisse. Now labelled 20th-century masters, they then offered their
works in exchange for bed and board at Colombe D’Or. The result: a
museum’s worth of art. Aside from the Calder mobile that overhangs
the pool and César Baldaccini’s oversized thumb sculpture which
greets you on entry, you’ll spot the Fernand Léger mosaic with ease
as you sit down to lunch. The 1952 mosaic peers through a frame of
dense ivy for al fresco diners to enjoy.