










Le Canvas Atelier
Setting Sun at Douarnenez (Coucher de Soleil à Douarnenez), 1883 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Choose options
Setting Sun at Douarnenez, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1883, captures a rocky Breton cove at dusk, where the reflection of the sun streaks across calm water between dark outcrops of stone. Painted during a stay on the Brittany coast, the work shows Renoir turning from figure painting to a quieter, atmospheric seascape, rendered in soft golden and violet tones as daylight fades. The loose, warm brushwork reflects his continuing engagement with Impressionist landscape painting into the 1880s, even as his figure work began moving toward a more linear style.
Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1883.
Setting Sun at Douarnenez (Coucher de Soleil à Douarnenez), 1883 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Impressionist Seascape Wall Art Canvas Print.