Month: May 2015

Claude Monet, Le Liseur (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet, Le Liseur (The Reader) 1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Claude Monet lisant c.1873 Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris     See also: • Monet, Claude (1840-1926)

Claude ‘Coco’ Renoir (1908)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Claude ‘Coco’ Renoir 1908 Bronze, 26.4 x 20.4 x 19.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Renoir, Claude (1901-1969)

Nigel Terry

(1945–2015) Peter Nigel Terry Filmography as Actor: The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn     Excalibur 1981 Director: John Boorman Starring: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren     Caravaggio 1986 Director: Derek Jarman Starring:…

Baigneuse arrangeant ses cheveux (1893)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse arrangeant ses cheveux (Bather Arranging Her Hair) 1893 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 74 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the knees up, a nearly nude, young woman with pale pink skin stands with…

Une serveuse au restaurant Duval (c.1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Une serveuse au restaurant Duval (Waitress at Duval’s Restaurant) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 71.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The title Renoir conferred on this painting is untraced. By 1885 it was on…