Folon chapel in Saint Paul de Vence
The chapel of the white penitents of the name of a brotherhood of laity has you charity and help to the sick very present in the south of France between the 15th and the 17th century, is a sober building in white stones, with a bell tower In triangle. The Belgian artist Jean – Michel Folon decorated the interior: frescoes on the lower sides and mosaic with color gradations which he had designed the project, shortly before his death. And he designed also stained glass windows and sculptures for the main altar symbolized by a hand In offering, a character stylized in adoration, and for the man with the birds decorating the holy water font. The inhabitants of Saint Paul are proud to find their village in the mosaic of the nave, and lovers of art to see grouped here several techniques of the artist who give the building light, colors and symbols.
Picture granted to Agnès Bruchiero crt Cote azur
