Claude URBANI — Attraction in Grasse

It was our first visit to Antibes and first to visit the Urbani Gallery. What a wonderful human being that is Claude. He talked to us about his childhood, living in Antibes and how he began to love ceramics and painting. He was heavily influenced by Picasso, who he met in his childhood in Old town Antibes. We loved his works and bought three pieces. We plan to visit Antibes and Claude’s gallery again before going...

Urbani is a unique, interesting, and passionate artist, he welcomed us excitedly and then started to explain his philosophies, pieces and how each piece is one of a kind and never recreated or printed. Hearing about his life and art inspired us to purchase several pieces and then as a thank you he ripped a piece of drawing paper and made us a sketch on the spot. Lovely experience and would highly...

I stopped by the artist's gallery yesterday and was very impressed with his works, especially a series of bright red, yellow and blue paintings. He uses different styles and different media to create outstanding works of art. Definitely worth a visit when you...