Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Dovecote at Bellevue (Pigeonnier de Bellevue), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1888–1889, Oil on canvas, This is one of several works Renoir produced during his 1889 trip to Aix en Provence, where he visited Cézanne and rented a house from Cézanne's sister and brother-in-law. Pictured in the distance is a dovecote, or a pigeon tower, near the property where he was staying. Several paintings by Cézanne show this building from the same angle, opening up the possibility that the two artists painted side by side. Renoir's brushwork here is much more organized than usual, with stro

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