Nude
Auguste Renoir
c. 1895
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 84.3 x 67.1 cm (33 3/16 x 26 7/16 in.) framed: 104.1 x 88 x 7.6 cm (41 x 34 5/8 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
Accession Number
1967.13.1
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...