Renoir painting a first for public collection in Northern Ireland

Renoir’s work is a coup for the Ulster Museum (PressEye/PA)

A Northern Ireland museum has secured the first French impressionist painting in a public collection in the region.

The rare landscape by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), L’Allee Au Bois, has been acquired by National Museums NI and is on display at the Ulster Museum.