Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nini dans le jardin (Nini in the Garden) 1876 Oil on canvas, 61.9 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Renoir‘s model, Nini Lopez, sits in the large garden adjacent to the artist’s studio at 12 rue…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Frédéric Bazille peignant le héron (Frédéric Bazille painting the heron) 1867 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006 (inv. D2006.3.5) Beyond being a simple portrait, this painting conceals the presence…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Romaine Lacaux 1864 Oil on fabric, 81.3 x 65 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting may be Renoir‘s earliest signed canvas. Its sensitive display of color and light communicates an ideal of delicate, youthful beauty. The luminous…