A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi ; Ian Midgley Paints a Beautiful Picture of Southern France

Hull Daily Mail › October 11, 2009

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Sitting in the beautiful harbour at Collioure, sipping from your second bottle of red while watching the tanned sunworshippers stroll across the beach, it's easy to get carried away by the Bohemian spirit of it all.

It's not surprising that Collioure, a picturesque village in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, close to the Pyrenees border with Spain, with its rustic winding alleys and pretty domed church, has long attracted some of the world's finest artists.

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A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi ; Ian Midgley Paints a Beautiful Picture of Southern France

Matisse and Picasso were regular visitors here, making the most of the vibrant Catalan light, and droves of artists have followed in their footsteps, turning the place into the French equivalent of St Ives - only with sun and a certain je ne sais quoi, laid-back fla...

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