Place de la Trinité ☱ Renoir ☵ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black this is not a traditional

this is not a traditional landscape

Matisse claimed that he painted odalisques as an excuse "paint the nude" having seen harems firsthand during trips to Morocco

for which he made several hundred preparatory drawings and paintings over multiple years

journaling

Rough gray waves and darkened sky contrast with the blue

Place de la Trinité ☱ Renoir ☵ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black this is not a traditionalPlace de la Trinit (1893, Trinity Square) by Pierre Auguste Renoir depicts the busy streets and cityscape in front of the glise de la Sainte Trinit (Church of the Holy Trinity), as seen from the rue Morlot, with the church obscured on the left. Painted after a period of dissatisfaction with his attempts at Impressionism, he came into his own true style. Renoir wrote, "I have lost much time in looking for a style which will give me satisfaction. I