Figures on the Beach
Auguste Renoir
1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (52.7 × 64.1 cm) Framed: 33 1/16 × 37 5/8 in. (84 × 95.6 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.198
Tags
WomenDogsBeachesBoats
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...