Tag: Renoir

La tasse de chocolat (c.1914)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (Cup of Chocolate) c.1914 Oil on canvas, 58.3 x 49.4 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Depicted at a café table in a moment of quiet reverie, Renoir‘s model invites us to pause and imagine the swirls…

La tasse de chocolat (1877-1878)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat (The Cup of Chocolate) 1877–1878 Oil on canvas, 100.8 x 81.5 cm Louvre, Abu Dhabi Compare: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Femme prenant du chocolat c.1912 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) La tasse de chocolat c.1914…

Louvre Abu Dhabi

Founded: 2017 Address: Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Website: https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/ Collection: • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516): Madonna col Bambino (1480-85) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Les marionnettes (1775-78) • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903): Les Enfants luttant (1888) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): Le…

La Première Sortie (1876-1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La Première Sortie (At the Theatre) 1876–1877 Oil on canvas, 65 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London We seem to be sitting in a box at the theatre, which we share with two young women. But we can’t be…

Nizon (France)

Nizon in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Calvaire et église de Nizon c.1893 High Museum of Art, Atlanta     See also: • Bretagne | Cities | France

Au café (c.1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Au café (In the Café) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.7 x 27.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Everyday life Together with Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir is one of the central figures of impressionism. But while Monet prefers to paint…

Femme faisant du crochet (c.1877)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Femme faisant du crochet (Woman Crocheting) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32.5 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia During the 1870s, alongside his ambitious modern life subjects such as Leaving the Conservatory (BF862), Renoir painted very many canvases of single…

Portrait de Pierre Renoir (1893)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Pierre Renoir (Portrait of Pierre Renoir) 1893 Lithograph on paper, 29 x 23.6 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Renoir, Pierre (1885-1952)

Square d’Estienne-d’Orves (Paris)

Address: 1 Pl. d’Estienne d’Orves, 75009 Paris, France Opened: 1867 Square d’Estienne-d’Orves in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité 1875 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Place de la Trinité c.1878 Private collection     Renoir, Auguste…

Danse à la ville (1883)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danse à la ville (Dance in the city) 1883 Oil on canvas, 179.7 x 89.1 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Renoir was fond of dance scenes. These two paintings were designed as pendants: they are of the same format…