An iconic residence in the city of festivals, Villa Domergue overlooks the Mediterranean Sea and the Estérel Mountains in the Californie district of Cannes. Formerly known as Villa Fiesole, this emblem of the seaside resort’s prestigious past was built by Jean-Gabriel Domergue. Showcasing a refined Art Deco style, it now hosts a vibrant artistic and cultural life within the privacy of its salons and gardens. Far from the hustle and bustle of Cannes, nestled below La Californie, Villa Domergue—completed in 1934—is the architectural creation of a painter closely associated with the city’s international renown, notably for having designed the poster for the first Cannes Film Festival in 1939.
Jean-Gabriel Domergue acquired the land in 1926 and infused the residence with Italian Renaissance influences, inspired by the Tuscan villas scattered around villages near Florence, such as Fiesole, which he had visited. From the structure itself to the interior décor, the artist—celebrated for his pin-up portraits—personally supervised every detail of the Art Deco villa, which exudes Provençal charm. His wife, Odette Domergue, designed the gardens in the spirit of the Villa d’Este, with cascading Mediterranean plants and ponds leading up to a spectacular terrace, like a balcony overlooking the Cannes panorama and the sea. A sculptor herself, she dotted the park with antique busts and objets d’art imbued with poetry, and designed the wrought-iron gate opening onto the terrace. Upon her husband’s death in 1973, she bequeathed the property to the city of Cannes.
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