Mussel-Fishers at Berneval (Pêcheuses de moules à Berneval, côte normand)
1879
Oil on canvas
176.2 × 130.2 cm (69.4 × 51.3 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 14, East Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Mussel-Fishers at Berneval was the last Renoir to enter Albert Barnes's collection. He bought the painting in 1942 after coveting it for decades: it had hung in the private collection of the famous impressionist dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, who was reluctant to part with it. Renoir painted this idyllic scene of a peasant family gathering mussels during an 1879 visit to the Normandy coast.
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