Children on the Beach, Berneval
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1892
Medium
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 × 7.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in.); Plate: 13.9 × 9.6 cm (5 1/2 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 16.1 cm (9 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
72467
About the Artist
Pierre-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...