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| Title | St Tropez | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Renoir, Pierre Auguste (French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1841-1919) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1898 | |
| Date Latest | about 1900 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | The date of this picture is not known but was probably painted around 1899 when Renoir, who had arthritis, decided to settle in the South of France, near Cannes (he later moved to Cagnes near Nice). During the 1880s, Renoir's Impressionist style gives way to more classical subjects of nudes and bathers. He adopted a long, fluid brushstroke as can be seen in this rapidly painted oil sketch. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1980P121 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.121´80 | |
| Inscription | front lr 'Renoir' | |
| Subject | landscape (S. Tropez) | |
| Measurements | 54.5 x 65.4 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Transferred from estate of James Archdale from the Office of Arts and Libraries under the terms of the National Heritage Act and according to the wishes of the Archdale family 1980. | |
| Provenance | Alex Reid & Lefevre, 1949; James Archdale. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Renoir, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, 1935, cat. no. 25; Nineteenth Century French Masters, Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd, 1949, cat. no. 31; French Impressionism: Treasures of the Midlands, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, 1991, cat. no. 55; L'Oro e l'azzurro. I colori del sud da Cezanne a Bonnard, Fondazione Cassamarca, 2003. | |
| Publications | Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 123. | |
| Notes | Archdale formed an important collection of later nineteenth century and twentieth century works of art including Renoir's St Tropez which he also acquired in 1949. Inscriptions on back, 1. '201/42'; 2. '2289-B/541 1/2 (half) - 65/photo'; 3. '5998'. On frame 'AM 560'. |
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| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |