Between Sunlight and Shadow with Matisse & Renoir

Renoir (seated, right) and Matisse (standing, center) at Renoir’s home, Les Collettes, early 1918. Renoir’s Promenade (c. 1905) can be seen above. Photo by Walter Halvorsen. Archives Matisse

A couple of summers ago, my mom and I drove from New Jersey to Philadelphia for a day of art, and ended up standing before some of the most extraordinary paintings in the world. At the Barnes Foundation, Matisse and Renoir were in conversation across the walls.

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