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Autoportrait (c.1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown When Renoir made this self-portrait in 1875, his paintings were bringing in little income. The artist presents himself with unkempt hair and beard, yet smartly…

Autoportrait (1899)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1899 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 33.7 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Renoir presents himself in this self-portrait as a mature and confident man. He was in his late fifties and well-established as an artist; the flowered…

Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste (1869)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Léonard Renoir, le père de l’artiste (Léonard Renoir, the Artist’s Father) 1869 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 47 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Painted when the artist was twenty-eight, Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s work represents his seventy year-old father,…

Jeune fille endormie au chat (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille endormie au chat (Sleeping Girl with a cat) 1880 Oil on canvas, 120.3 x 91.9 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown A young woman dozes in a chair, her striped stockings and plain skirt suggesting her humble background.…

Diane chasseresse (1867)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Diane chasseresse (Diana) 1867 Oil on canvas, 199.5 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir had his girlfriend Lise Tréhot pose as the ancient Roman goddess Diana. He chose a mythological subject and painted it at grand…