Though I was early that day, I was too late. About three weeks too late.

The "Chapelle du Rosaire" was closed. I learned from the paper, pasted onto the locked door: "Fermeture annuelle 15.11. - 20.12." So I could only see the building from the sidewalk of the
street, what leaning over the fence, produces "slanted" photos like this one.

This chapel was regarded by Matisse himself as his "masterpiece. It is a very complex work of
art and has a wonderful background. Many of the artists around Matisse (e.g. Picasso) did not
like what Matisse was doing here. Matisse started this "project" at the age of 77 - and spent
more than 4 years.

Please follow the whole story of the chapel on Wikipedia:

englishen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapelle_du_Rosaire_de_Vence
frenchfr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapelle_du_Rosaire_de_Vence
germande.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapelle_du_Rosaire_de_Vence


Here are the opening hours:
maison.lacordaire.pagesperso-orange.fr/index02.htm