Château de Vauvenargues, where Pablo Picasso lived from 1959-62, in the foothills of Mont Sainte-Victoire, near Aix-en-Provence. A great square building dating from the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The Vauvenargues masonry coat of arms at the castle gate. As the family title traditionally goes to the owner of the p-roperty, when Pablo Picasso bought the castle he could claim to Marquis de Vauvenargues. Vauvenargues 1960.

A low-angle view of the rugged stone gatehouse at the Château de Vauvenargues, 1960. Strong sunlight highlights the texture of the rough-hewn stonework and the Vauvenargues masonry coat of arms set above the arched gateway. Pablo Picasso lived in the castle, located in the foothills of Mont Sainte-Victoire, from 1959 to 1962. By purchasing the property, the artist could have claimed the traditional title of Marquis de Vauvenargues.

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