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  • "A nomination discounted in advance," thought Vaudrey, who again recalled Granet's polite but threatening smile.

    His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876

  • Aix is a wonderful walking/shopping town, terrific produce/market and flea town, Musee Granet, the fountains (in particular Les Quatre Dauphins), different neighborhoods (arrondissements), Cezanne's town!

    Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The most noteworthy and atypical of David's former pupils may be François-Marius Granet, a landscape specialist who spent a good deal of time in Italy.

    Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011

  • Granet's moody view of Rome, the familiar skyline and distant hills wrestled into being with pools of brown wash, transcends its time.

    Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011

  • Christie's Images Limited 2011 Giovanna Bertazzoni Drawing from her experience—which spans the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence to the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in San Francisco—Ms. Bertazzoni is currently busy selecting works to be auctioned in early February at Christie's King Street headquarters that will include works by Picasso and Miró, together with Gothic and Renaissance pieces.

    Christie's Giovanna Bertazzoni Lets Her Hair Down Javier Espinoza 2011

  • No wonder Paul Cézanne, born, like Granet, in Aix-en-Provence, but three generations later, admired his older compatriot's work.

    Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011

  • Aix-en-Provence: After its predictably crowd-pleasing summer shows of local great Masters in past years ( "C [eacute] zanne in Provence" in 2006 and "Picasso Cezanne" in 2009), the Mus [eacute] e Granet has ventured into new territory, featuring a major retrospective of a contemporary painter.

    Pierre Alechinsky, at 82, Conquers the Challenges of Corners 2010

  • Granet`s most famous painting is of Capuchins celebrating Mass in Rome.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • To commemorate Picasso's arrival in Cézanne country, the Granet Museum in Aix-en-Provence will on Monday open a major summer exhibition entitled "Picasso-Cézanne," with around 100 paintings, drawings, watercolors, engravings and sculptures of works by both artists as they evolved throughout their lifetimes.

    Summer of Picasso 2009

  • Compared to the Granet exhibition, the Château de Vauvenargues tour is a more intimate experience, bringing visitors into the artist's private world (tickets can be purchased on the day of the visit in a booth at 36 Rue Cardinal, near the Place des Dauphins in Aix-en-Provence; 33-442-16-11-61).

    Summer of Picasso 2009

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