Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Chrysanthèmes (Chrysanthemums) 1881–1882 Oil on canvas, 54.8 × 65.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “I just let my brain rest when I paint flowers,” Pierre-Auguste Renoir remarked. “I don’t experience the same tension as I do when confronted…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme au piano (Woman at the Piano) 1875–1876 Oil on canvas, 93 × 74 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Acrobates au cirque Fernando (Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando) 1879 Oil on canvas, 131.2 × 99.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The two little circus girls in this painting are Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg, who performed as acrobats…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Alfred Sisley 1876 Oil on canvas, 66.2 × 54.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Près du lac (Near the Lake) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 47.5 × 56.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Renoir au chien (Madame Renoir with a Dog) 1880 Oil on canvas, 32 x 41 cm Private collection See also: • Charigot, Aline (1859-1915)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille au chapeau de paille (Young Girl in a Straw Hat) c.1884 Oil on canvas, 56 x 71 cm Private collection
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Bout de la jetée à Honfleur (Harbour entrance at Honfleur) 1886 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo See also: • Honfleur (France)
Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Femme au manchon (Lady with a muff) c.1884 Conté crayon on paper, 29.5 x 22 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Mock This lady is dressed in the fashion of the day, with her tall hat, constricted waist, the skirt protruding…