L'Estaque, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1882, opens onto the rocky pines and bright coastline of the Provençal fishing village of L'Estaque near Marseille, with red rooftops and the blue Mediterranean glimpsed beyond. The brushwork is broken and feathered, the palette built on warm ochres, terra cotta, and luminous Mediterranean blues that catch the strong southern light. L'Estaque drew several Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters in the 1880s for its clear light and dramatic coastal motifs. The picture distills a hot southern afternoon into a radiant Impressionist landscape.