Child with Brown Hair
Auguste Renoir
1887/1888
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 11.7 x 10.1 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in.) framed: 21.3 x 19.4 x 4.4 cm (8 3/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.70
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...