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
Guernsey, set around 30 miles from the French coast, offers plenty that s comfortably familiar for British travellers, served with more than a soupcon of Gallic flair.