Tag: Renoir

Femme laçant sa chaussure (c.1918)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme laçant sa chaussure (Woman Tying her Shoe) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 56.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This is one of the final paintings Pierre-Auguste Renoir made before his death the following year. Having become…

Les Environs de Pont-Aven (c.1888-1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Environs de Pont-Aven (Outskirts of Pont-Aven) c.1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 65 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the late 1880s, Pierre-Auguste Renoir made several visits to Pont-Aven, an artists’ colony in Brittany where Paul Gauguin…

Printemps, Chatou (c.1873)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Printemps, Chatou (Spring, Chatou) c.1873 Oil on canvas, 59.6 x 73.7 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The patch of water glimpsed through the trees on the left is the only feature linking this idyllic scene with Chatou. The…

Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (c.1924)

Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat (Portrait of Ambroise Vollard with a Cat) c.1924 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 111 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the center of a room cluttered with paintings, Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) sits on a chair…

La Seine à Argenteuil (1888)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Seine à Argenteuil (The Seine at Argenteuil) 1888 Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia In 1888, Renoir spent a leisurely as well as productive summer at the home of the impressionist artist and patron…

Pierre Renoir (1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Pierre Renoir 1890 Oil on canvas, 55.2 × 46.4 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Renoir, Pierre (1885-1952)

Danse à Bougival (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à Bougival (Dance at Bougival) 1883 Oil on canvas, 181.9 x 98.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, a town on the river Seine west of Paris, were popular recreation spots for…

Place de la Trinité (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité 1875 Oil on canvas, 50 x 62 cm Private collection Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité c.1878 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Square de la Trinité 1878–1879 Private collection     See…

Place de la Trinité (c.1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité (Trinity Square) c.1878 Oil on canvas, 51 x 62.7 cm Private collection Painted circa 1878, Place de la Trinité represents the height of Renoir’s engagement with Impressionism and emphasizes the importance of his unique…