Download or read book Renoir and Algeria written by Roger Benjamin and published by Clark Art Inst. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renoir made two journeys to Algeria, in 1881 & 1882. He was the only Impressionist to paint Orientalist themes, but this aspect of his work has been little studied. This book places Renoir in the unfamiliar context of the French Orientalist tradition.