Villa Le Bosquet, 20th-century heritage monument in Le Cannet, France.
Villa Le Bosquet is a two-story 19th-century house in Le Cannet, its walls finished in pink stucco and its roof a double-pitched cover of tiles. A large rounded green hedge stands in front of the pale pink facade, where two windows with green louvered shutters face the garden. The eaves carry a repeating sawtooth trim that meets at a small finial at the roof peak. The house overlooks Cannes.
French painter Pierre Bonnard purchased the property in 1926 and made it his home until his death in 1947. The building gained official recognition as a classified monument in 2007, acknowledging its place in modern French art.
The name Le Bosquet comes from the wooded garden that surrounds the house. Pierre Bonnard bought the villa in 1926 and moved in with his wife Marthe the following year; the garden and the house fed his painting. The villa and its botanical garden have been classified as monuments historiques since 26 March 2007.
The villa sits at 29 Avenue Victoria and remains a private home that can only be viewed from public streets. Respect the private nature of the property while taking in the view from the roadside.
The villa and its botanical garden were classified as monuments historiques on 26 March 2007, and the building also carries the label "Patrimoine du XXe siècle". The garden is described in the sources as botanical, and it was this house and its grounds that fed Bonnard's work.
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