Beach Scene
Auguste Renoir
1883
Medium
Pen and brown ink with watercolor wash on buff paper, darkened
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.687
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenWomenBeaches
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...