Tag: drapery

Maternité (c.1916)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité (Maternity: Madame Renoir and Son) c.1916 Terra cotta, 51.1 x 24.8 x 32.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir‘s wife Aline had always been among his favorite models. Her fresh, full face and figure appeared…

L’odalisque (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) L’odalisque (Odalisque) 1870 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman wearing a sheer white blouse, short red and gold vest, and full-legged, patterned pants cinched below the knee lies back…

Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (1895-1896)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Enfant aux jouets, Gabrielle et Jean (Child with Toys, Gabrielle and the Artist’s Son, Jean) 1895–1896 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman with…

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…

Baigneuse assise (1892)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baigneuse assise (Young Girl Bathing) 1892 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Pierre Auguste Renoir painted a great many canvases of single bathers in outdoor settings, timeless studies of fulsome…

Chiffres sur la plage (1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Personnes sur la plage (Figures on the Beach) 1890 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Probably painted in 1890 on the Cote d’Azur in southern France, this sun-filled painting shows…

The Entombment (1635-1639)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…