Two Young Girls at the Piano
Auguste Renoir
1892
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44 × 34 in. (111.8 × 86.4 cm) Framed: 57 3/8 × 47 in. (145.7 × 119.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.201
Tags
GirlsPianosMusic
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...