Villa Santo Sospir Directorio Deco by Gloria Gonzalez


Artist fills Jean Cocteau’s Villa Santo Sospir with sculptures

The Villa Santo Sospir* has been listed as a Historic Monument since 2007. Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented artist, was a faithful guest on the Côte d'Azur and there are many towns that bear an imprint of his passage.


Villa Santo Sospir Directorio Deco by Gloria Gonzalez

The name "Santo Sospir" comes from the traditional name of St Jean Cap Ferrat, Cap Saint Sospir, named after a sixth century monk who had lived in the area. In Spring 1950, Francine Weisweiller invited Jean Cocteau, who had just finished Les Enfants Terribles, for a week's holiday in the villa, together with his companion and adopted son.


The Story Behind Villa Santo Sospir in Cap Ferrat ICONIC RIVIERA

Villa Santo Sospir was bought by the American millionaire Alec Weisweiller and his French wife Francine after the Second World War. Fleeing from the Nazi invasion of the south of France in 1943, Alec promised his wife a dream house when it was all over.


Villa Santo Sospir, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat Chiara Colombini

VILLA SANTO SOSPIR IMPORTANT ! La Villa Santo Sospir, en cours de restauration, n'est actuellement pas ouverte aux visites du public.


Villa Santo Sospir When Frescoes of Villa Santo Sospir Come to Life

Santo Sospir is a tattooed villa." - Jean Cocteau Heiress socialite Francine Weisweiller was one of the prettiest, wealthiest, and most stylish women in Paris. John Richardson, Picasso's biographer, described Francine as "an exquisitely dressed, excessively spoiled little beauty."


Lover’s Discourse Villa Santo Sospir Kinfolk Fresco, Interior, Santos

Villa Santo Sospir 57 reviews #6 of 10 things to do in St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Historic Sites Write a review What people are saying By Daniel Y " Most precious but intimate villa, from top to bottom arranged by Jean Cocteau. " Feb 2017 the drawings on the walls Combine shapes and colors of the interieur-design.


Villa Santo Sospir Directorio Deco by Gloria Gonzalez

La Villa Santo Sospir ( 1952) is a 35-minute amateur or home film directed by Jean Cocteau in which Cocteau takes the viewer on a tour of Francine Weisweiller 's villa on the French coast, a major location later used in his film Testament of Orpheus (1960).


The History of Santo Sospir, Francine Weisweiller 's Villa on the Cote

Villa Santo Sospir


VILLA SANTO SOSPIR Romain Laprade Photographer Parisian apartment

Since then the estate on the Cote d'Azur has been known as Villa Santo Sospir. Santo Sospiro came from the old local Niçard dialect (generally considered a subdialect of Provencal) and meant "a sacred sigh". Originally the neighborhood was home to families of fishermen.


Picture of La villa Santo Sospir

La Villa Santo-Sospir Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters. Been Here? 25 Want to Visit? 162.


Artist fills Jean Cocteau’s Villa Santo Sospir with sculptures

Villa Santo Sospir Listed as a Monument Historique (national heritage site) since 2007 The tattooed villa of Santo Sospir The multi-talented Jean Cocteau was a loyal visitor to the French Riviera, leaving his mark on many of its towns.


Villa Santo Sospir When Frescoes of Villa Santo Sospir Come to Life

The villa Santo Sospir was his gift to Francine, his fulfilled promise to give her a «dream house». Sailing along Cap Ferrat, they saw this mansion; and a few years later, here she was, alone with that same view of the endless blue sea, the mountains of the Côte d'Azur and Jean Cocteau walking around the villa, stained with paints…


Villa Santo Sospir Quintessence

Having met Cocteau after the filming of his Enfants Terribles, Weisweiller invited him, in 1950, for a week's vacation to Villa Santo Sospir. Purchased as a vacation home, the walls of the house were still bare. Several days after his arrival, Cocteau asked if he could sketch a head of Apollo over the living room fireplace, seen in the top photo.


Villa Santo Sospir Egbert Krupp

Villa Santo Sospir France, Europe Côte d'Azur Long home to the Weisweiller family, patrons of Jean Cocteau, this villa contains a fabulous series of Cocteau's original frescoes.


Villa Santo Sospir, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat Chiara Colombini

Villa Santo Sospir 57 reviews #6 of 10 things to do in St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Historic Sites Write a review What people are saying By Daniel Y " Most precious but intimate villa, from top to bottom arranged by Jean Cocteau. " Feb. 2017 the drawings on the walls Combine shapes and colors of the interieur-design.


SLIDERVILLASANTOSOSPIR Irmas World

Villa Santo Sospir, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 517 likes · 62 talking about this · 4 were here. Santo Sospir is a villa tattooed by Jean Cocteau, decorated. Villa Santo Sospir, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 517 likes · 62 talking about this · 4 were here. Santo Sospir is a villa tattooed by Jean Cocteau, decorated by Madeleine Castaing.

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