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Artists who fell for Morocco

Jacques Majorelle

An Orientalist painter now remembered above all for the garden that bears his name.

  • From: France
  • Their art: painter, garden designer
  • In Morocco: Marrakech; garden begun 1923
  • Made here or about here: The Majorelle Garden; Orientalist paintings
  • What you can still see: Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech

Where in Morocco

  • Jardin Majorelle, Marrakech: bought the plot in 1923 and planted the garden and blue studio
  • Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakech: first lived in an apartment near the square
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Majorelle
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorelle_Garden

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