Mount Sainte-Victoire
ca. 1888-89
Renoir and his friend Cézanne were both completely obsessed with this mountain in southern France, though Cézanne usually gets all the credit for making it famous! Painted around 1888, this landscape bursts with Renoir's signature feathery brushstrokes, turning the olive trees and dry grass into a shimmering tapestry of blues, greens, and golds. Unlike Cézanne's rigid, geometric versions of the same view, Renoir's mountain feels soft and dreamy, almost like a beautiful, sun-drenched memory of the Provençal countryside.
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