Renoir
For the last eight years of his life Renoir lived and worked amongst the olive trees at Les Collettes. Here the warm climate of the south of France helped the artist to live with his severe arthritic condition.
In September 2008 almost 100 years since Renoir moved there, I was fortunate enough to visit and photograph the landscape in which he worked just a short distance from Nice in France's Cote D'Azur.
With kind permission from the authorities and the Musee Renoir at Cagnes sur Mer, I was allowed to photograph inside the artist's studio and the grounds of Les Collettes.
Also in this gallery are images of the beautifully preserved medieval hilltop town of Haut de Cagnes. Renoir painted here frequently and its location was one of his favourite views from the garden and olive grove at Les Collettes.
All photographs are Copyright © Roger Lane
In September 2008 almost 100 years since Renoir moved there, I was fortunate enough to visit and photograph the landscape in which he worked just a short distance from Nice in France's Cote D'Azur.
With kind permission from the authorities and the Musee Renoir at Cagnes sur Mer, I was allowed to photograph inside the artist's studio and the grounds of Les Collettes.
Also in this gallery are images of the beautifully preserved medieval hilltop town of Haut de Cagnes. Renoir painted here frequently and its location was one of his favourite views from the garden and olive grove at Les Collettes.
All photographs are Copyright © Roger Lane