Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Rameurs à Chatou (Oarsmen at Chatou) 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 100.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Close to us, a woman and two men stand on a grassy riverbank looking out at the expanse…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La petite fille à l’arrosoir (A Girl with a Watering Can) 1876 Oil on canvas, 100 x 73 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In 1876, Renoir began to paint anecdotal depictions of women and children, subjects…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fille avec un panier d’oranges (Girl with a Basket of Oranges) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 128.8 x 41.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Personnages cueillant des fleurs (Picking Flowers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A light-skinned man and woman stand looking at each other, surrounded by blooming flowers and lush green trees…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Tilla Durieux (Ottilie Godeffroy, 1880-1971) 1914 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In July 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I, the famous German actress Tilla Durieux…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Charpentier et ses enfants (Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children) 1878 Oil on canvas, 153.7 x 190.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this commissioned portrait, as Marcel Proust observed, Renoir gave expression to…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Madame Stephen Pichon (Portrait of Mme Stephen Pichon) 1895 Oil on canvas, 63 x 54 cm Musée Renoir, Cagnes-sur-Mer See also: • Pichon, Madame Stephen
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès (Daughters of Catulle Mendès) 1888 Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 129.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hoping to recapture the success he had achieved with Madame Georges Charpentier and Her…