Claude Renoir, Turned to the Left
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
c. 1904, published 1919
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.7 × 11.8 cm (5 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 37.3 × 26.7 cm (14 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
96678
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...