Villa santo sospir

On the tip of Cap Ferrat, between Nice and Monaco, sits villa Santo Sospir. built shortly after WWII, the walls were empty until Jean Cocteau visited there in the summer of 1950…

An image of bookshelves set into a wall painted by Jean Cocteau sent us looking for its origin, which is we discovered, is Villa Santo Sospir, the artist's home in the South of France. And such a home it is. Cocteau used the walls and other surfaces — even lampshades — as the canvas for his drawings, transforming the house into magical dwelling.

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This charming line drawing Madrid artist Angela Leon drew on her wall made me think of Matisse, Jean Cocteau AND Mira Keras' monochrome tattoo designs.

james chester on Instagram: “Jean Cocteau’s designs for Villa Santo Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat”

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Can the haute-bohemian villa where socialite Francine Weisweiller entertained artists and designers survive in the billionaires playground of the Côte d'Azur?

In dialogue with the house's famous murals