Claude Renoir Turned Three-Quarters to the Left
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1908
Medium
Soft ground etching on blue-green laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.7 × 12.6 cm (5 7/16 × 5 in.); Plate: 13.7 × 12.6 cm (5 7/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 40.2 × 26 cm (15 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
99597
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...