Beautiful, fresh and very luminous composition depicting Collioure.
At the bottom, a difficult-to-decipher signature dated 1929

Collioure is a small village in southwest France. Henri Matisse, soon joined by André Derain, fell under the spell of Collioure in the summer of 1905.
Using "colors out of the tube", the two artists concentrated their palette on pure, vivid tones - thus laying the foundations for Fauvism. The Catalan port then welcomed other painters; seduced by the exceptional site, they liked to meet at the Templiers bar.