Lot Essay
During the last twenty years of his life, Renoir spent most of his time in the village of Cagnes-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean, moving there permanently in 1907. During this period, views of the village constituted one of his principal subjects, rivalled in importance only by portraits of his family and the nude. Most of these views are of Renoir's own houses--the villas he rented every year up to 1907, and his farm Les Collettes thereafter. Indubitably, for Renoir, as for Monet at Giverny, the artist's own home ever more represented a place of repose, reflection and leisure, nourishing to creativity. The present picture, with its glowing palette and its protective umbrella of trees, is a classic example of this genre.
Franois Daulte will include this painting in the forthcoming volume IV (Les paysages) of his Renoir catalogue raisonn.
Franois Daulte will include this painting in the forthcoming volume IV (Les paysages) of his Renoir catalogue raisonn.