MUSEE RENOIR

  The Renoir museum is placed in the heart of a beautiful estate planted with olive and citrus trees offering a breathtaking view down the Cape of Antibes.It was the retreat and final address of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who moved to Cagnes in an attempt to improve his arthritis. The museum's collection ; painting, scultpures, artist's studio and furniture constitue the testimony of Renoir's last 12 years of life spent in Cagnes-sur-Mer. The Renoir Museum and the whole Collettes estate fully reopened their doors on July 2013 after being closed for significant renovation work.You can now come and visit a completely renovated site (accessible for disabled visitors) featuring two additional rooms: the kitchen and the hall on the ground floor, where a set of 17 sculpures is displayed as well as 2 new original canvasses.