Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919)
La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil)
1888
Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron Gustave Caillebotte in Petit Gennevilliers. This canvas presents a view from the south bank across the river toward the resort town of Argenteuil, concealed by the avenue of trees along the riverside. Departing from the technical experimentations that characterized his landscapes of the same period, here Renoir returns to the bold color contrasts and loose, broken brushwork that marked the “high impressionist” phase of the mid-1870s. (Barnes)
See also:
• Argenteuil (France)