Matisse Chapel (the Rosaire Chapel)
If you can visit early on a sunny day, you have a chance to bathe in the glowing colors projected from the stained-glass windows onto the white marble floors in this magical Chapel. The entire space and all the accessories from candelabras to vetements are designed by the master Matisse. It is one of the most amazing places to see–it is a perfect statement of design. People travel from all over the world to experience this small building that leaves a massive impact. 
Check the opening hours as they are irregular and expect the Chapel to be closed to the public during holidays. History of the Rosair Chapel–Official Vence.fr site “Matisse drew up the plans for the edifice and all the details of its decoration : stain glass windows, ceramics, stalls, stoup, cult objects, priestly ornaments… It was the first time that a painter entirely designed every detail of a monument, from the architecture to the furniture.” Matisse and Sister Jacques-Marie–NY Times “Matisse immersed himself in every aspect of the chapel, from the brushstroke sketches of a Stations of the Cross mural to the vestments and the slender Crucifixion altarpiece. The stained-glass windows, with one pair, “Tree of Life,” suggestive of a flowering cactus, are regarded as particular triumphs; they allow lemon-yellow, bottle-green and blue light to play capriciously against white-tiled walls and the marble floor.” The Inspiration–ART News “When the chapel opened in 1951, the French press sensationalized Matisse’s affection for the nun, with one suggestive headline proclaiming, “The Meeting of a Painter and a Nun Gives Birth to a Chapel.” A reporter from Paris Match even asked if the nun had ever posed for Matisse in the nude. But Sister Jacques-Marie insisted that she thought of the artist as her grandfather: “No one could say there was anything improper between us because there never was,” she tells Freed in the film.”
