Tamaris, France
On View In:
Gallery 351
Artist:   Pierre Auguste Renoir  
Title:   Tamaris, France  
Date:   c. 1885  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   18 x 21 5/8 in. (45.72 x 54.93 cm) (sight) 25 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (65.41 x 74.93 cm) (outer frame)  
Credit Line:   Bequest of Mrs. Peter ffolliott  
Location:   Gallery 351  

This painting once belonged to James J. Hill (1838-1916), the Minnesota railroad magnate whose collection of European paintings forms the basis of the Institute's nineteenth-century holdings.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Renoir, Pierre Auguste  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1841-1919  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature LRC, in blue: [Renoir.]  
Classification:   Paintings  
Physical Description:   view of trees, including one tall palm tree, and building with orange roof on near shoreline; calm water; white buildings with bright roofs on opposite bank  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , ,  
Accession #:   2006.9.2  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts