View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin
c. 1884
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 66.2 × 81.6 cm (26 1/16 × 32 1/8 in.) framed: 90.49 × 106.68 × 9.21 cm (35 5/8 × 42 × 3 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection)
Accession Number
2014.136.60
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...