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© HelloMonaco the Principality and now one of the twin pillars of the New National Museum of Monaco .
Prior to it having its current name it did once house a member of the Blanc family , Edmond , which is as close to the inner circle of Monaco as you can be . Though unproven it could have indeed been designed by Garnier himself .
Villa Sauber
VILLA SAUBER
You may be surprised to discover the pedigree of the Villa Sauber , one of the finest Belle Époque residences in
Londoner Robert Sauber had become a highly respected painter exhibiting at the Royal Academy in London .
Villa Sauber lies testimony to this multi-talented artist born in 1868 who bought the Belle Époque jewel in 1904 from the Blancs .
He was eventually to illustrate far more papers in England and France than any other artist in London . And portrayal of female beauty in art is another one of his Legacies . Love for Monaco ’ s Belle Époque Villas struck twice . He and his wife Marie Ellis kept the house , from then on called Villa Sauber , for ten years selling it in 1914 . He eventually did spend more time in his beloved Monaco , by buying for the second time Villa Sauber in June 1925 .
The Villa became the National Museum of Monaco ( NMNM ) in 1972 . Since 2009 , it has hosted exhibitions , such as has the other NMNM jewel , Villa Paloma since 2010 , which is the second exhibition venue of the New National Museum of Monaco .
And so Robert Sauber ’ s legacy lives on in the beautiful Villa Sauber itself .
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