Sunset at Douarnenez ☲ Renoir ☵ Canvas jungle and nearby olive trees

and nearby olive trees

the trees along the bank

described as "the first major oil painting

is "No one is so much a fool as a willful fool

Sunset at Douarnenez ☲ Renoir ☵ Canvas jungle and nearby olive treesSunset at Douarnenez (1883, Coucher de soleil Douarnenez) by Pierre Auguste Renoir depicts the setting sun off the Breton coast in France. Reminiscent of Monet's Impression, Sunrise, Renoir displays a strong impressionistic influence, capturing a scene of the natural world in a loose and spontaneous manner. He would become skeptical of Impressionism, feeling that art needed more structure, and further define his own style during the 1880s.