Renoir Landscape Painting Monet a low line of distant

a low line of distant trees meets a sky of drifting cloud

while distant blue hills and scattered shrubs soften the horizon

A bold presence that commands the room and rewards a long

holiday warmth that pulls the eye right down the water and out towards the distant harbour mouth

Renoir Landscape Painting Monet a low line of distantTall palm trees sway across this sun drenched Mediterranean garden, their fronds catching a warm southern light against a pale sky. Behind a screen of golden grasses and shrubs stands an ochre villa with a small tower and a row of shaded arches, half glimpsed through the foliage. The brushwork is loose and vibrant, dabs of amber, russet and green flickering with the heat of a late afternoon, while a strip of water gleams in the foreground. There is a