Julie Manet and the cat in Renoir: childhood, line and tenderness
In 1887, Renoir painted Julie Manet holding her cat: a family commission prepared by several drawings, between resemblance, ingresque line and...
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In 1887, Renoir painted Julie Manet holding her cat: a family commission prepared by several drawings, between resemblance, ingresque line and...
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Analysis of La Petite Irène by Renoir: model, blue ribbon, Cahen order from Antwerp, dispossession, restitution and conservation at the Kunsth...
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From La Grenouillère to Déjeuner des canoeiers, Renoir transforms the Seine, regattas, Chatou and modern leisure activities into a laboratory ...
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Analysis of Madame Charpentier and her children by Renoir: Marguerite, Georgette, Paul, Worth's dress, Japanese decor, literary salon and succ...
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Actress of the Comédie-Française, Jeanne Samary becomes under Renoir's brush an icon of modern portraiture, from La Rêverie to the great portr...
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Analysis of the Pont-Neuf and the Pont des Arts by Renoir: light, crowd, Seine and birth of an impressionist look at modern Paris and its pass...
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Guide to Renoir's style: touch, light, skin tones, colors and periods, with major works to recognize the impressionist painter.
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Analysis of Renoir's Two Sisters: models, Chatou, palette, repentances, journey to Chicago and advice for choosing a reproduction.
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Discover La Yole de Renoir: boating near Chatou, orange-blue contrast, composition, pigments, provenance and choice of a faithful reproduction.
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Analysis of Renoir's Promenade: couple, light of the undergrowth, possible models, Getty Museum, influences and birth of impressionism.
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Analysis of La Parisienne by Renoir: Henriette Henriot, blue dress, first impressionist exhibition of 1874, journey to Cardiff and oil reprodu...
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Discover Young Girls at the Piano by Renoir: state commission, composition, colors, numerous versions, decorative advice and reproductions.
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