Vence Honours Chagall
<N .Z.P.A.-Reuter) VENCE (South France). Marc Chagall, the Russianborn painter, has been given the title of “Citizen of Honour” by the Municipality of Vence. The 74-year-old artist, who has been living here for the last 10 years, is often called the “Master of Vence’’’ by' the inhabitants of the thirteenth-century town. Not far from Chagall’s residence stands the Rosary chapel, which was designed and decorated in 1950 by the French painter, Henri Matisse, for a Dominican convent.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29682, 28 November 1961, Page 23
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80Vence Honours Chagall Press, Volume C, Issue 29682, 28 November 1961, Page 23
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