The Renoir in Guernsey 1883 exhibition at Candie Gardens enjoyed a sold-out final weekend as visitors flocked to catch one last glimpse of the famous artwork.
One hundred and forty years ago, Auguste Renoir spent five weeks in Guernsey. He made at least 15 paintings and drawings on, and of, the island. Now, several of these have returned, along with others of the period, to be shown amid the little-changed landscape they depict with some interesting results
I’ve always felt that the sea was made for impressionists, and impressionists for the sea. Light brushes the waves with skittering strokes, the colours forever
A Renoir painting which has long been thought to depict a bay in the Mediterranean may actually be a view of Guernsey’s east coast, researchers have found.