Girlhood
Auguste Renoir
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.4 × 33.7 cm (13 15/16 × 13 1/4 in.) mount: 38.8 × 35.7 cm (15 1/4 × 14 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Armand Hammer Collection
Accession Number
1991.217.25
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...