Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French 1841-1919). Oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 25 11/16 inches.
© The Art Institute of Chicago. Photo Robert Hashimoto
On Friday, November 2nd, the Museum Restaurant at the Philadelphia Museum of Art hosts a five-course wine dinner with a French flair in honor of the museum's Renoir landscapes exhibition, which features some 60 paintings and runs through January 6th, 2008 (6 PM; $85 per person for museum members, $95 for nonmembers, includes tax, tip and museum admission; 2601 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-235-7469; www.philamuseum.org/dining).