'Renoir in Guernsey' Summer Exhibition Planned

Thursday, 9 February 2023 10:20

An art exhibition will come to the island this summer, to celebrate the 140th anniversary of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s stay in Guernsey.

140 years ago (in September 1883) the famous painter Renoir visited Guernsey.

He stayed in the Bailiwick for a month and produced 15 paintings.

Art for Guernsey will be showcasing his island-inspired work at the end of September, in Candie Museum.

Organisation Founder David Ummels says Renoir's short stay had a significant impact:

"It was much more than a holiday for Renoir when he came to Guernsey, it had a profound artistic influence on his style, and changed his artistic direction going forward.

"In our exhibition, the public will be able to see some of the main paintings from his time here in Guernsey and from just before or just after - so they should be able to appreciate the change in his style."

He said bringing the collection together, from around the globe, has taken around 4 years to organise:

"We have managed to secure a number of international loans.

So in my opinion, we have the most beautiful paintings painted in Guernsey.

They’re coming from the National Gallery in London the museum Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Cincinnati Museum in the US and European museums, in Copenhagen, and Zürich."

The exhibition will begin in Guernsey 30 September and run until 17 December.

Art for Guernsey has curated other Renoir projects around Guernsey: