Tag: light

Jeune fille endormie au chat (1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeune fille endormie au chat (Sleeping Girl with a cat) 1880 Oil on canvas, 120.3 x 91.9 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown A young woman dozes in a chair, her striped stockings and plain skirt suggesting her humble background.…

Diane chasseresse (1867)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Diane chasseresse (Diana) 1867 Oil on canvas, 199.5 x 129.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir wrote that he had produced this painting as a study of a nude, the sort of exercise that was a mainstay of…

Fruits du Midi (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Fruits du Midi (Fruits of the Midi) 1881 Oil on canvas, 51 x 65 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Le Midi (France)

Le Déjeuner (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Déjeuner (Luncheon) 1875 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 60 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia The boater hat hanging on the chair tells us that this couple is probably taking a break from a canoe trip. By the late 19th…

Jeunes filles au piano (c.1889)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1889 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 46.36 cm Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano 1892 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au…

Jeunes filles au piano (c.1892)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) c.1892 Oil on canvas, 116 x 81 cm Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris A lover of music like most Impressionists, Renoir often represented young girls at the piano. This subject, which…

Jeunes filles au piano (1892)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Jeunes filles au piano (Young Girls at the Piano) 1892 Oil on canvas, 116 x 90 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris In the early 1890s, friends and admirers of Renoir took exception to the fact that the French State had…

Nature morte aux homards (1826-1827)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Nature morte aux homards, dit aussi Trophées de chasse et de pêche (Still-Life with Lobster, or Trophies of hunting and fishing) 1826–1827 Oil on canvas, 80.5 x 106.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Andromède (1852)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Andromède (Andromeda) 1852 Oil on canvas, 33 x 25.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston