Jules le coeur walking in the fontainebleau forest with his dogs

Jules Le Coeur in the Forest of Fontainebleau, an 1866 oil painting on canvas by French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). In their early careers as artists, Renoir and his pals frequently traveled to the Fontainebleau forest outside of Paris to paint outdoors (en plein air). Le Coeur was another painter, and he owned a house nearby at Marlotte. Brazil's Museum of Assis Chateaubriand, Campina Grande

The Fontainebleau forest was a well-liked destination for recreation at the time this work was produced. With its thick greenery and hillocks covered with rocks, the forest became a popular subject for painters and photographers. Renoir painted several works depicting the forest among which this is the best known. It depicts his friend Jules Le Coeur as he climbs a grass-covered path in the dense forest. The painting was created by Renoir before his Impressionist period and has been executed in the Realism style.

Location: Assis Chateaubriand Art Museum (MAC), Campina Grande, Brazil
French Title: Le peintre Jules Le Coeur et ses chiens dans la forêt de Fontainebleau
Year: 1866