One room in the Château is devoted to the works of Nicolas de Staël, who’d I’d never heard of before but am now obsessed with. He’s known for thick smears of paint that create textured, abstract landscapes. Compare his moody depiction of Fort Carré d’Antibes seen here with my photo at the top of this blog post. Sadly, he committed suicide only a year after settling in Antibes to recover from depression, insomnia, and exhaustion.