Marie Murer
Auguste Renoir
1877
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall (oval): 67.6 x 57.1 cm (26 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.) framed: 89.8 x 80 cm (35 3/8 x 31 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.59
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...