Tag: scene

Madame Monet et son fils Jean (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Madame Monet et son fils Jean (Madame Monet and Her Son Jean) 1874 Oil on canvas, 50.4 x 68 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in…

La balançoire (1876)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La balançoire (The Swing) 1876 Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris From 1877 to 1894: in the Gustave Caillebotte collection 1894: accepted by the State as a legacy of Gustave Caillebotte A young…

Le Pont Neuf à Paris (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…

Rameurs à Chatou (1879)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Rameurs à Chatou (Oarsmen at Chatou) 1879 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 100.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Close to us, a woman and two men stand on a grassy riverbank looking out at the expanse…

Maternité, L’enfant au sein (1885)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité, dit aussi l’Enfant au sein / Madame Renoir et son fils Pierre (Maternity or Child at the Breast / Madame Renoir and her son Pierre) 1885 Oil on canvas, 92 x 72 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris…

Personnages cueillant des fleurs (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Personnages cueillant des fleurs (Picking Flowers) 1875 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A light-skinned man and woman stand looking at each other, surrounded by blooming flowers and lush green trees…

Les Filles de Catulle Mendès (1888)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès (Daughters of Catulle Mendès) 1888 Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 129.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hoping to recapture the success he had achieved with Madame Georges Charpentier and Her…