Journiac, Virginie — Le Dernier Renoir : Les Années Azuréennes

Nice, France, Les Editions de Nicephore, 2013. Softcover. French wraps with color illustration and white text. 114 pp. Bw and color illustrations. Text in French. "In the twilight of his life, Pierre Auguste Renoir chose to settle on the French Riviera for its physical beauty and wholesome climate. Badly affected by the arthritis that would ultimately paralyze his body, Renoir surrounded himself with his wife and with his sons, numerous domestics, and his models. His villa Les Collettes at Cagnes would see Renoir - working with talented assistants; visited daily by his friends, his art dealers, his collectors or other artists - execute a considerable number of works in painting, sculpting and engraving. It is Renoir's azurean years that this work brings to life from the archives of the Renoir Museum, the most recent bibliographical references, and most notably an unpublished collection of correspondences, photos and legal documents that languished for years with Renoir's heirs and has only now been brought to light in the United States. VG .