Jean Renoir talks to Huw Wheldon about his father, the painter Auguste Renoir. BBC program Monitor, episode Father and Son. At Domaine des Collettes, the estate of the Renoir family. Cagnes-sur-Mer 1962.

In the sunlit courtyard of Domaine des Collettes, the Renoir family estate in Cagnes-sur-Mer, filmmaker Jean Renoir (left) converses with BBC presenter Huw Wheldon in 1962. They are filming for an episode of the program *Monitor*, in which Renoir discusses his father, the painter Auguste Renoir. Dressed in a dark suit, Renoir stands with his hands in his pockets before the stone facade of the home, while Wheldon holds a notepad. A classical statue and lush Mediterranean foliage complete the scene.

Artworks:

Auguste Renoir, Vénus victorieuse (Venus victrix), 1914.

Keywords:

Houses

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