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Henri Matisse, a Nun, and a Chapel in Vence, Provence

Artists Inspired by Provence · Inspire · Margo Lestz

“Night Nurse Needed – Should be young and pretty.” This was the ad Henri Matisse placed with the nursing school in Nice, France in 1942. He was seventy-two years old and still working while recovering from a serious surgery. He required constant care and needed someone to fill in while his regular night nurse was away.

…Continue reading here to learn the story of a friendship between Monique Bourgeois and the great artist. Their story continues (with some questions) in Sister Jacques-Marie and the enduring stain-glass windows in Chapelle Du Rosaire (also known as the Matisse Chapel).

More reading on Henri Matisse and his connection with Provence.

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Margo Lestz

Margo is a British/American who has lived in Nice, France for the past nine years. She loves digging into the history of an area and discovering the tales behind local customs and traditions. She blogs about her discoveries on The Curious Rambler . She is also the author of two books, French Holidays & Traditions, and Curious Histories of Nice, France. Click here for Margo's books.

She describes herself as a perpetual student and is always taking some kind of course or researching a moment in history that has caught her fancy. She’s curious by nature and always wondering who, what, why, when, where, and how.

Margo shares her adventures (and her questions) with Jeff, her husband of many years. She enjoys travel, history, observing cultures and traditions – and then writing about them, of course.

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