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Page 1: Office du tourisme de Cagnes-sur-Mer - Renoir …...Landscapes, portraits, nudes, still life paintings and sculptures reflect the Cagnes-sur-Mer period in Renoir’s activity. The

Renoir Museum

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TOURIST OFFICE+33 (0)4 93 20 61 64

Program of the yearcagnes-sur-mer.fr

Page 2: Office du tourisme de Cagnes-sur-Mer - Renoir …...Landscapes, portraits, nudes, still life paintings and sculptures reflect the Cagnes-sur-Mer period in Renoir’s activity. The

Renoir Museum

Auguste Renoir1841 - 1919

In 1908 Pierre-August Renoir settled down in the Domaine des Collettes in Cagnes-sur-Mer with his wife Aline and their three sons: Pierre, Jean and Claude. The house he had built was equipped with all of the most modern facilities available at the time, as well as the large artist’s studio facing the garden.

Rodin, Matisse, Bonnard and Modigliani used to come here to visit.

Young housemaids from Cagnes-sur-Mer often served as models to the painter, who appreciated their round, sensual bodies and bright, radiant faces.

It was in Cagnes-sur-Mer that Renoir took up sculpting for the first time, assisted first by Richard Guino and later by Louis Morel.

Despite his severe rheumatic arthritis, Renoir kept on painting with passion until the last day of his life, the 3rd of December 1919. He was 78 years old.

Landscapes, portraits, nudes, still life paintings and sculptures reflect the Cagnes-sur-Mer period in Renoir’s activity.

The collection of 16 original paintings, 30 sculptures, his personal belongins, artist’s studio and furniture, as well as the garden planted with ancient olive trees constitute the perfect testimony of Renoir’s creative universe and every-day life.

After significant renovation work in 2013, the visit circuit enables the visitors to discover the Collettes estate exactly as it was when Renoir lived there.

As part of the «2019 celebration of Renoir’s centenary», an open-air painter’s workshop will be set in the gardens in order to give the visitors a new experience in the heart of the emblematic olive groove.

• July and August: from Wednesday to Sunday at 2pm, 3:15pm and 4:30pm.

• April, May, June and September: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm, 3:15pm and 4:30pm• From October to March: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm and 3:15pm.Meet the guide at the entrance.Price: 3 € (+ 6 € entrance to the museum).

Group guided tours: for information please call + 33 (0)4 93 20 03 04 // [email protected]

1-hour guided tours

Chemin des Collettes (town center)+33 (0)4 93 20 61 07 • [email protected]

WHEN ?• from June to September: 10am to 1pm and 2 to 6pm (the garden is open from 10am to 6pm).• from October to March: 10am to 12pm and 2 to 5pm.• April and May: 10am to 12pm and 2 to 6pm.

Closed on Tuesday, 1st January, 1st May and Christmas.

HOW ?Limited free parking.You can easily reach the Renoir Museum without parking problems:

• free shuttle bus 45 (July and August only) connecting the central bus station Square Bourdet to the beaches,• on foot (10 minutes) from Square Bourdet or the central car parks,• on foot (15 minutes) from the Railway Station (SNCF).

HOW MUCH ? Admission: 6 €• Free under 26 year old.• Free on the 1st Sunday of the month.• Double ticket: 8 € (for the visit of both museums the same day).

practical information

The medieval village of Haut-de-Cagnes

During this celebration, a great exhibition will be held from 15th June to 22nd September 2019: Renoir et les portraits peints aux Collettes

Coco lisant (1905)