In 1920, in the tiny French village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, a local farmer named Paul Roux opened a café-bar called La Colombe d’Or, letting out the three rooms above it. During World War Two, many artists and writers sought refuge on the Riviera, and La Colombe d’Or became somewhat of a literati hotspot, where guests would regularly pay for their accommodation with artworks. Today, it remains a family-run auberge, where visitors can view the extraordinary collection that resulted, spanning the works of Picasso, Matisse, Braque and this magnificent Alexander Calder mobile that hangs over the swimming pool.
