Tag: France
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View of the Grande Rue du Chateau – Fayence
Read more: View of the Grande Rue du Chateau – FayenceView of the Grande Rue de Chateau – Fayence from my mother’s living room window. It was also one of the images my mother send off to be printed by a company in England. For the cards ……
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Rue du Chateau – Fayence
Read more: Rue du Chateau – FayenceLabeled Fayence on the front and Rue De Chateau on the back, this popular watercolour painting of the other end of the street that my mother lived on. This was…..
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La Mairie, Fayence
Read more: La Mairie, FayenceLa Mairie, Fayence, was the second painting my mother turned into a professionally printed postcard. For the ……
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Fayence – Var
Read more: Fayence – VarLabeled Fayence – Var, my mother turned this popular watercolour painting of her village into both a card and a professionally printed postcard. For the ……
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La Chapelle de Notre Dame des Cyprès
Read more: La Chapelle de Notre Dame des CyprèsThis a more conventional view of the Notre Dame des Cyprès Chapel just outside of Fayence on the valley floor off the road to Seillans. This lovely chapel was the subject of many of my mother’s landscapes. Although there is no date on the painting…..
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The Esterel Massif
Read more: The Esterel MassifThis is the view of the Esterel Massif in the distance from the kitchen window in my mother’s small flat/apartment. Being over the kitchen sink it was….
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La Mairie / Town Hall – Fayence
Read more: La Mairie / Town Hall – FayenceThe Hôtel de Ville is the traditional name given to the Town Hall or La Mairie much to the confusion of any tourists looking for a place to spend the night.
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Fayence Approach
Read more: Fayence ApproachA view of Fayence from one of the approach roads. I love the added details of the two cats and the lady hanging her laundry out beside the road.
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Fayence – Robert Fabre Avenue
Read more: Fayence – Robert Fabre Avenueayence – Robert Fabre Avenue looking from Rue Maurice Astier as best as I can work out from my recollection and looking at Google maps. It was a particularly hazardous intersection especially on…..
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La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs draft
Read more: La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs draftThe working draft for La Cueillette des Figues / Picking Figs. My mother would often do a very quick sketch of a selected subject on location. Sometimes these draft pictures would be good enough…..