Tag: France

Albert de Balleroy

(1828–1872) Albert Felix Justin de la Cour de Balleroy The artist’s works: La curée d’un lapin 1862 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Le débuché 1863 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Comte Albert de Balleroy in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Le Lièvre, d’après A. de Balleroy 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland…

Autoportrait (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait) 1876 Oil on canvas, 73.3 x 57.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA In the first flush of major success as an artist, Renoir depicts himself in front of an easel. By 1876, he had participated in the…

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,…