One of the top tourist attractions in Saint-Tropez is its art museum, which occupies the former Chapelle Notre-Dame de l'Annonciade (Chapel of the Annunciation), a few steps away from the Saint-Tropez harbor.
This chapel, dating from 1510, was once the Church of the White Penitents, a Catholic brotherhood founded during the Middle Ages. With its remarkable assortment of Impressionist paintings, the museum is a reminder of the village's avant-garde artistic past.
The museum boasts a broad collection of works, from Signac's Pointillist works to Matisse's vibrant Fauvist paintings and Bonnard's evocative Nabis-style pieces.
Most of the pieces on display were created by artists who came to live and work in Saint-Tropez in the late 1890s and at the beginning of the 20th century. Artists featured include Paul Signac, Georges Braque, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Edouard Vuillard, Raoul Dufy, and Maurice de Vlaminck.
