Peninsula of Saint Jean, 1888 – Renoir Wall Art | Impressionist Canvas

Peninsula of Saint Jean, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1888, looks across the wooded headland of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Côte d'Azur, with pine and olive trees descending toward the Mediterranean and a haze of pale rooftops and sea light beyond. The brushwork is broken and feathered, the palette built on warm ochres, soft greens, and the luminous blues of the southern coast. Renoir traveled repeatedly to the French Riviera from the late 1880s, drawn by the clear southern light that would shape much of his later work. The picture distills a quiet Mediterranean view into a radiant late-Impressionist landscape.