The Museum of Fine Arts wasinstalled in 1928in a magnificent residence built on the initiative of Ukrainian Princess Kotchoubey in 1878 and completed by American Thompson. A century later, the charm of the building always operates thanks to remarkable heights under ceiling and a monumental marble staircase. He is the heir of a first museum made from the State deposits desired by Napoleon III after the connection of Nice to France in 1860. Then, the collection was enriched with the gifts and bequests of Bashkirtseff, Ziem, Clément-Carpeaux, Dufy, Baron and Baroness Vitta, Maurice Fenaille and Gustav-Adolf Mossa, more recently the legacy of the ladies Odette Avigdor d’Acquaviva and that of Madame Ethel Messiah. And in 2002, an important donation made up of 75 sculptures by Michel de Tarnowsky (Nice, 1870-1946), thanks to the association of his friends, created in 1992 by his daughter Françoise.

The most emblematic works of this museum are theCrucifixion of Agnolo Bronzino(1540),The yellow console on both windowsde Raoul Dufy (1948),Lunch on the grassby Jules Chéret (1904),Open window on the Seinede Pierre Bonnard (1912),Earth allegoryandWater Allegoryby Jan I Brueghel ' Hendrick Van Balen (XVII century),Neapolitan fishermande Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1858).