Owned by Romain Boyer, the Maison du Cygne was built in the 20th century and is now part of the city's historical heritage. It is also listed among the departmental sites to be preserved. Damaged and degraded for too many years, this magnificent residence surrounded by a well and a washhouse, in the middle of the Coudoulière woods planted with pines and oaks, is now an art center recognized and labeled by the Cultural Affairs of the General Council of Var.
Several months of rehabilitation have allowed the building to preserve its authenticity, because it was essential to revalue this historic place on an authentic site. The work carried out has respected the original character of the construction. With its architecture typical of the beginning of the last century (stone walls and frames, glazed brick frames and chains, tiled roof), the Maison du Cygne is the work of a generation of artisans who learned their trade alongside master masons and master potters.
Since 2001, the city of Six-Fours has been involved in a major initiative to promote and disseminate the visual arts, in all their forms and variations. The Maison du Cygne, La Maison du Patrimoine, and La Batterie du Cap Nègre make up the Visual Arts Center of the city of Six-Fours-Les-Plages. Together with the Espace Jules de Greling, these four sites dedicated to art in general offer exhibitions that highlight different art movements as well as popular arts and traditions.
The Maison du Cygne-Art Center.
This exhibition space has become a reference for contemporary art, at the departmental, regional and national levels. This is evidenced by the various journalistic coverage and the number of French and foreign visual artists who have chosen to present their work in these places.
