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Environs of Berneval, 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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Environs of Berneval, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1879, looks out from deep within foreground bushes toward the rolling countryside behind the cliffs at Pourville, near the small Normandy village of Berneval-sur-Mer, where thatched-roof cottages nestle among green hills. Renoir chose a deliberately unconventional viewpoint for the scene, with dense foliage framing the foreground and denying the viewer any clear footing in the landscape beyond. He painted the area while a guest of his patron Paul Bérard at the nearby château at Wargemont. The original is held in the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1879.
Environs of Berneval, 1879 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Impressionist Landscape Wall Art Canvas Print.