Its owner was known to accept paintings in lieu of payment — “My kind of hotel,” Picasso joked.
In 1960, burglars broke in and stole 21 canvases, including a Braque, a Léger, a Mirò and a Modigliani.
The influential Lord Brougham “discovered” Cannes in 1834, when a cholera epidemic interrupted his progress to Italy.
Besotted by the Arcadian surroundings, he built a villa.
Other foreign aristocrats followed suit, and 20 years later, Prosper Mérimée complained that “the English are established here as in a conquered land.
Persons:
” Picasso, Braque, Modigliani, Miles, Brougham “, Prosper Mérimée, They’ve, Cap Martin, Queen Victoria, Countess, Balmoral, “, Duchess Anastasia, “ Bertie, ”, King Edward VII, Henry Clews, Frank Jay Gould, Murphys, Edith Wharton, Scott Fitzgerald
Organizations:
Art, Villa Americana
Locations:
Saint, Paul, Cannes, Italy, Nice, Beaulieu, La, Menton, Balmoral ”, Russian, Monte Carlo, ”, Antibes, Hyères