Vallauris (; oc, Valàuria) is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes
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department
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in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in southeastern
France
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. It is located in the metropolitan area, and is today effectively an extension of the town of
Antibes
Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice.
The town of ...
, bordering it on its west side. The seaside town
Golfe-Juan is a part of the commune of Vallauris.
Golfe-Juan-Vallauris station has rail connections to
Grasse,
Cannes
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, Antibes and
Nice
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.
Picasso and Vallauris
In 1948
Picasso
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came to live in Vallauris, where he stayed until 1955. During his time in the town, he created a great many sculptures and paintings including his mural ''War and Peace'', one of the major artworks of the period. He also developed a fascination for the techniques of ceramics and linocuts.
A freeman of the town, Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, this legendary golden age when everyone was a potter, including famous ceramicists
Roger Capron
Roger Capron was born in Vincennes, France on September 4, 1922. Interested in drawing, he studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943 and worked as an art teacher in 1945. He died on November 8, 2006 leaving behind a considerable body of work ...
and
Charles Voltz
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. Many inhabitants still evoke his presence and that of his contemporaries (Françoise Gilot and her children Claude and Paloma, then Jacqueline Roque, his last partner whom he married amid the greatest secrecy at Vallauris town hall in 1961), the bullfights, exhibitions and visits by all kinds of famous people.
Population
Twin towns – sister cities
Vallauris is
twinned with:
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Hódmezővásárhely
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, Hungary
*
Lindenberg im Allgäu
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History
The town was fi ...
, Germany
See also
Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department
References
External links
Official website(in French)
{{Authority control
Communes of Alpes-Maritimes
Alpes-Maritimes communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia