Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)
Tamaris, France
c.1885
Oil on canvas, 45.72 x 54.93 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
Tamaris, a neighborhood in La Seyne-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, was a site of refuge and relaxation for Renoir, who visited from Paris. In 1908, he built a family home outside Nice in Cagnes-sur-Mer, where he painted the sea and the surrounding landscape until his death in 1919. (MIA)